Brattice (Verb)
Meaning
Supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The old mine needed significant repairs before it could be properly bratticed to ensure worker safety.
- To brattice the tunnels effectively, miners constructed cloth partitions to direct airflow.
- After the accident, inspectors worked to brattice the deeper shafts to reduce toxic fumes.
- Miners relied on artificial ventilation systems to brattice the underground tunnels.
- In order to mitigate methane buildup, mining companies began to brattice extraction sites more efficiently.