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Nov 21, 2009
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brat•tice



Pronunciation: (brat'is), [key]
—n., v., -ticed, -tic•ing.

—n.
1. a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
2. (in medieval architecture) any temporary wooden fortification, esp. at the top of a wall.

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