bretesche

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) * 1894, Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society (Southampton, England), Papers and Proceedings, page 263:
 * ... still further west, upon which a bretesche would rest overhanging the entrance. The keep entrance was dealt with at the same time, the existing ribbed inner portion, replacing the Norman entrance which has entirely disappeared.
 * ... still further west, upon which a bretesche would rest overhanging the entrance. The keep entrance was dealt with at the same time, the existing ribbed inner portion, replacing the Norman entrance which has entirely disappeared.

Noun

 * 1) a sort of lookout station cum defensive outpost, a brattice