brotie

brotie (plural broties)

1. A horizontal bar from which sheets of rubber are hung to dry.
   • 1915, Transactions of the Third International Congress of Tropical Agriculture:

     The best estate drying rooms consist of a two-story building in which the No. 1 crêpe is hung on racks in the upper story; the ceiling of the bottom story, which constitutes the floor of the top story, is constructed of open broties or strips of wood, at any rate under the racks in the top story, leaving only sufficient passage room between each set of racks; ventilation is improved by means of a jack-roof or ventilating shafts.

   • 1918, Straits Settlements Dept. of Agriculture, ‎Federated Malay States Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin - Volume 27, page 184:

   • (Can we date this quote?) (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     It is, indeed, extremely difficult to hang pieces of thin crepe of any length in a smoke house, since the rubber quickly softens and stretches over the "broties" (sticks from which the rubber is hung) and finally tears, and drops to the floor of the smoke house.

   • 1928, Planting Manual - Issues 1-8, page 13:

     This is usually due to the mark of the bar or brotie on which the sheets are hung in the smoke house.

• obiter, torbie