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brattice

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brattice [′brad·əs]
(mining engineering)
A temporary board or cloth partition in any mine passage to confine the air and force it into the working places. Also spelled brattish; brettice; brettis.
brattice, bretesse, bretêche
In medieval fortifications, a tower or bay of timber construction. (See illustration p. 136.)
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It snapped in the middle, and, pitching direct down the shaft, smashed the brattice in its ponderous fall, pulling down after it the wooden lining of the shaft, bringing away masses of masonry, and, as it is supposed, stopping midway in its flight, and acting as a platform on which to pile an immense heap of broken timber, stone and rubbish.
Statue of the week by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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