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

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

The crow’s-nest was built like a bartizan on the precipitous front of the position.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The best view of it is from the bridge crossing the river, and surprisingly beautiful it is, with its gabled towers and square bartizan turrets and mullioned windows.

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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

Sometimes in dizzy steps descending, Sometimes in narrow circuit bending, Sometimes in platform broad extending, Its varying circle did combine Bulwark, and bartizan, and line, And bastion, tower, and vantage-coign.

From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles