Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brettice \Bret"tice\, n.; pl. {Brettices}. [OE. bretasce,
   bretage, parapet, OF. bretesche wooden tower, F. bret[`e]che,
   LL. breteschia, bertresca, prob. fr. OHG. bret, G. brett
   board; akin to E. board. See {Board}, n., and cf.
   {Bartizan}.]
   The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of
   coal mines. See {Brattice}.