brattice cloth (bratiskloth)

In coal -min ing, a heavy cloth or canvas, often covered with some water-proof material, and used temporarily as a brattice. bratticing, brattishing (brat'is-ing, -ish-ing), n. [Also corruptly (in 2d sense) brandishing; is appar. a var. of bratticing. In 3d sense directly from brattice. See brattice.] 1. An ornamental cresting, generally of open-work, as a medieval cresting of foliage, or the like. -2. Any open-work of rich and varied design, especially in metal.-3. A fence of boards in a mine or around dangerous machinery. See brattice.