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Definition of Adobe brick
1. Noun. Sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adobe Brick
Literary usage of Adobe brick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"... of adobe-brick and stone in architecture, which also distinguished the Mexicans
and their neighbours from the ruder tribes of North and South America. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The great Mound of Cholula is composed largely of adobe brick, and it is believed
to antedate ... This was probably the most primitive form of adobe brick. ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"It lias no bottom, the adobe brick being deposited on the surface of the ...
Buildings of adobe brick, 60 feet high, can be seen yet firm and hard as a rock ..."
4. The Discovery of America: With Some Account of Ancient America and the by John Fiske (1892)
"To this Mr. Morgan adds the use of adobe-brick and stone in architecture, which
also distinguished the Mexicans and their neighbours from the ruder tribes ..."
5. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"... we will not describe here as they find place elsewhere, and hope again, some
day, to tramp over the Chuckwalla trail. A mill for making adobe brick ..."
6. The Chinese, Their Present and Future: Medical, Political, and Social by Robert Coltman (1891)
"It was a full mile after he had thus decided before we found one, and I was
heartily glad to see a large room, three sides of adobe- brick, ..."
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