n.; pl. Brettices [ OE. bretasce, bretage, parapet, OF. bretesche wooden tower, F. bretèche, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aphetic form of apprentice. ] An apprentice. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] Piers Plowman. “My accuser is my prentice.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apprenticehood. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This jolly prentice with his master bode
Till he was out nigh of his prenticehood. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apprenticeship. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He served a prenticeship who sets up shop. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]