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Brattishing

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Brandishing (from the Fr. breteche), in architecture, a sort of crest or ridge on a parapet, or species of embattlement. The term, however, is generally employed to describe the ranges of flowers which form the crests of so many parapets in the Tudor period.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Brattishing'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/brattishing.html. 1910.
 
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