ˈbrickwork, brick work
1. Builders' work executed in brick.
| 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong., Briqueterie, bricke worke. 1594 Plat Jewell-ho. iii. 78 Buildinges that consist of Brickwoorke. 1703 Art's Improv. I. 4 By a rod of Brick⁓work, is meant, Sixteen Foot and half Square, at a Brick and half thick. 1779 Sheridan Critic i. ii. (1883) 159 A Detester of visible Brickwork, in favour of the new-invented Stucco. 1874 Parker Illust. Gothic Archit. ii. 271 The brickwork of the [Roman] Empire..is the finest brickwork in the world. |
2. Building with bricks; bricklaying.
| 1677 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 245 Tools used in Brick Work. |
3. pl. A place where bricks are made.
| 1703 Proclam., in Lond. Gaz. No. 3879/4 Owner of the Brick and Pantile Works near Tilbury Fort. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts I. 525 In many brick-works near Paris, screw presses are now used for consolidating the bricks..in their moulds. |