Bretache
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bretache is a noun meaning Alternative form of brattice (“structure for attack or defence”).
Meaning
Alternative form of brattice (“structure for attack or defence”).
Example Sentences
In 1213 there is an entry , in the Pipe Rolls , of £ 5 paid for a bretache for the Castle of Chirk. This proves that it was still a Crown castle.
A bretache is mentioned in a Survey of 1314, but the present corbels overhanging the gateway, and upon which the timber work rested, appear to be of the age of Richard II., and probably date from 1386.
[…] the timber necessary for repairing those defects, as the king is informed that there are several defects in the castle, as in bretaches, buildings, bridges, engines and other garniture, which are in great need of repair.
In 1239, Paulin Peyvere and Thomas de Newere, the Keepers of the temporalities of the Bishoprick of Winchester (custodes episcopatus Wintonia) are ordered to make in the Castle a drawbridge, with a bretache (cum unâ bretasch) .
Word Forms
- bretaches
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brattice, brace, hoard, embrazure, bridge, battlement.
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