What is the wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice called?
brettice — The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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