bartizan

American  

[bahr-tuh-zuhn, bahr-tuh-zan] / ˈbɑr tə zən, ˌbɑr təˈzæn /

noun

Architecture.

1. a small overhanging turret on a wall or tower.

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bartizan British  

/ ˌbɑːtɪˈzæn, ˈbɑːtɪzən, ˌbɑːtɪˈzænd, ˈbɑːtɪzənd /

noun

1. a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower

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Other Word Forms

• bartizaned adjective

Etymology

Origin of bartizan

1325–75; Middle English alteration of bertisene, misspelling of bretising, variant of bratticing. See brattice, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He took it in his hand, and stepping out on the bartizan, crept with careful steps round to the watch-tower.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

We of the peaceful professions—videlicet, my daughter Waller and I—did descend from the bartizan, and   betook ourselves to the great withdrawing room, to wait for the result of the approach.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various

The next he was upon the beam, dragging himself toward the window of the bartizan just above.

From Otto of the Silver Hand by Pyle, Howard

It opened into wide space: from it Donal stepped on a ledge or bartizan, without any parapet, that ran round the tower, passing above the window of his room.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

The castle was before him; the western tower was in flames; the besiegers were pressing at the southern gate; Athelstane's banner, the bull rampant, was still on the northern bartizan.

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace