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bartisan
n. (context architecture English) A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.
Usage examples of "bartisan".
Here were goblin, ghost, and fairy, fight and foray, fair ladies and true lovers, gallant knights and hard blows, blazing beacons on every hill crest and on the bartisan of every tower.
The heavy yet hasty step of the men-at-arms traversed the battlements, or resounded on the narrow and winding passages and stairs which led to the various bartisans and points of defense.