Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bartisan

/bɑːtɪˈzæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bar-ti-san
IPA: /bɑːtɪˈzæn/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.

Example Sentences

"she soon found it had no communication with any other part of the battlements, being an isolated bartisan, or balcony, secured, as usual, by a parapet, with embrasures, at which a few archers might be stationed for defending the turret, and flanking with their shot the wall of the castle on that side."
"There were flambeaux on staggering poles every ten strides or so, and at intervals of about a hundred strides, bartizans whose guardroom windows glared like fireworks clung to the bridge piers."

Etymology

Borrowed by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation) from Middle Scots bartisan, variant of bartising, from Middle English bretasynge. Doublet of bratticing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bartisan, bretasynge

Inflected Forms

bartisans (plural) bartizan (alternative)

Rhymes With

an' to a man élan ma'anshan hengshan jing'an lingshan gushan liangshan jingshan fangshan fongshan

Questions

How do you pronounce bartisan?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɑːtɪˈzæn/.
What does bartisan mean?: A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.
Where does bartisan come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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