bricking
(ˈbrɪkɪŋ)
[f. brick n.1 + -ing1.]
1. Building with brick; brickwork. Also attrib.
| 1770 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1917) XII. 368 Pray defer y{supr} Stable, Bricking in y{supr} Garden or any other Jobs untill you have compleated the stone Wall. 1924 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. 12 But between him and his coal, before ever he had sunk his bricking ring, intervened the war. |
2. An imitation of brickwork, as on a plastered or stuccoed surface; in embroidery, brick-stitches collectively.
| a 1877 Knight Dict. Mech., Bricking, the imitation of brickwork on a plastered or stuccoed surface. 1911 A. Dryden Church Embroid. 112 For ordinary bricking use about ten stitches to the inch. |