Meaning of bretesche | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“... still further west , upon which a bretesche would rest⟳ overhanging the entrance. The keep⟳ entrance was dealt with at the same time, the existing ribbed inner portion, replacing the Norman entrance which has entirely disappeared.”

“Some of the towers had attached to their walls — generally over the gateway — a bretesche, or penthouse , with loops and meurtrières. Clennell Tower, for instance, is described in 1541 as "newly reparelled and brattyshed."”

“The gallery may have⟳ received protection by a bretesche or a machicolated battlement and may have⟳ been used for raising a drawbridge, if such existed in front of the entrance doorway; or the doorway may have⟳ contained a hoist ...”

“In preparing the site for a bretesche, if the Normans found an earthen mound already existing, they naturally made use⟳ of it.”

“On the summit of the mound, known as a mote or motte, a bretesche or wooden archery tower was erected for the use⟳ of the knight and his officers, whilst at a lower level an enclosure, encircled by a palisade and known as a bailey ...”

“Another chamber or building and a bretesche lay⟳ outside this gate . A cruck-built wooden grange and a byre lay⟳ in the lower courtyard of the castle (seemingly a reference to the bailey). A masonry-built hall was also standing ...”

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