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- noun Plural form of
brattice .
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Examples
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It was past seven o'clocknow and the first purple brattices of night were draping the eastern horizon.
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The continuous mining machines, the shuttle cars, the roof bolters, the ventilation brattices, the conveyor belts, all in concert, all accomplishing their great task.
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"stoppings" and brattices put temporarily to rights, and the fan, working at its increased speed, would soon drive the renewed air-currents forward again, and make it possible to get all over the mine.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II Humphry Ward 1885
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