bricklaying
(ˈbrɪkleɪɪŋ)
The art or craft of building with brick.
| 1484 Catal. Harleian MSS. (1808) I. 284/2 Artificers experte in Breke-leying. 1602 Return fr. Parnass. i. ii. (Arb.) 13 He were better betake himselfe to his old trade of brick⁓laying. 1876 Gwilt Archit. §1889 In the country the trades of bricklaying and plastering are usually united. |