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==English==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|en|enm|bretage}}, {{m|enm|bretace}}, from {{der|en|fro|bretesce}}, {{m|fro|bretesche}}, {{m|fro|breteske}}, from {{der|en|LL.|brittisca}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbɹæt.ɪs/|a=UK,US}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brattice.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|mining}} A [[partition#Noun|partition]] in a [[coal mine]], made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Peter Higson|chapter=[Mines. Reports of the Inspectors of Mines, to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, for the Year 1871. Chapter 653.] Report of the Working of the Mines Inspection Act (23 & 24 Vict. c. 151.) in the West Lancashire and North Wales District, during the Year ended 31st December 1871.|journal=Reports from Commissioners: Twenty-two Volumes.{{nb...|(3.) Alkali Act; Factories; Mines; Salmon Fisheries (England and Wales); Fisheries (Ireland); Herring Fisheries (Scotland); Emigration. Session 6 February&nbsp;– 10 August 1872.}}|location=London|publisher=Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswode,{{nb...|printers to the Queens Most Excellent Majesty}}, for [[w:Office of Public Sector Information|Her Majesty’s Stationery Office]]|date=28 February 1872|volume=XVI|page=58|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhcTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58|oclc=41427157|passage=A practice then prevailed of blasting without nicking the side of the place which still continues and of conducting the current of air too far by means of '''brattice''', to both of which practices I raised a strong objection. They admitted their inability to make the men nick the coal as they formerly did and thought the application of '''brattice''' could not be properly defined, but that it should be left to the discretion of the manager of each particular mine as to the distance openings should be made apart between the intake and return air courses.}}
# {{lb|en|historical}} A [[wooden]] structure used for attack or defence, such as an archery tower, or a [[penthouse]] built over the entry to a [[castle]] for archers to shoot from.
#: {{cot|en|hoard}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2016|author=Peter Connolly; John Gillingham; John Lazenby|title=The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135936815
|passage={{...|The term has been used to refer to the central wooden tower of a motte-and-bailey castle, or wooden fortifications at the gate.}} When a breach was made in the castle wall, a '''brattice''' could be built within to serve as a new temporary defence.}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{sense|mining}} {{l|en|brettice}}
* {{sense|fortification}} {{l|en|brettice}}, [[bretasche]], [[bretesche]], [[bretache]], [[bretesse]], [[bretesque]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|bratticer|brattice cloth|bratticed}}

====Related terms====
* [[bretessé]], [[bretessed]]

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To divide into partitions of this kind.

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