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Definition of Bartisan
1. Noun. (architecture) A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bartisan
1. bartizan [n -S] - See also: bartizan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bartisan
Literary usage of Bartisan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"... where they form acute angles Bars, straight pieces of timber or metal that
run across from one part of a machine to another bartisan, in architecture, ..."
2. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1903)
"In its pristine state it formed a large, spacious building, with a square tower
surmounted by a bartisan, having a curiously cut balustrade, ..."
3. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"As she spoke, she threw open the latticed window which led to the bartisan, and
in an instant after, stood on the very verge of the parapet, ..."
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