MEANING
A small turret projecting from a wall or corner of a fortified building, usually at an upper level.
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- stone bartizan
- corner bartizan
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A narrow bartizan projected above the gate, its openings facing both approaches.
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- bartizan
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular bartizan; plural bartizans. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: rare.
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