Definition of Brickwork

1. Noun. Masonry done with bricks and mortar.

Generic synonyms: Masonry
Specialized synonyms: Nogging

Definition of Brickwork

1. n. Anything made of bricks.

Definition of Brickwork

1. Noun. Those parts of items that are made of brick. ¹

2. Noun. The quality of the construction of brick built items. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brickwork

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brickwork

brickmaker's anaemia
brickmakers
brickmaking
brickman
brickmanship
brickmen
brickmould
brickmoulds
brickor mortis
bricks
bricks and clicks
bricks and mortar
bricks up
brickshaped
brickwise
brickwork (current term)
brickworks
bricky
brickyard
brickyards
bricolage
bricolages
bricole
bricoles
bricoleur
bricoleurs
bridal
bridal-wreath
bridal gown
bridal registry

Literary usage of Brickwork

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"The Foundation Cannes of a piece of brickwork usually spread downwards by steps of a quarter of a brick at the face and back, until a sufficient breadth is ..."

2. Practical Tunnelling by Frederick Walter Simms, Daniel Kinnear Clark (1896)
"3, Plate III. for their appearance when set, and of the brickwork of the side ... The brickwork of the arch consisted of a series of concentric half-brick ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The brickwork should first be washed down with diluted muriatic or nitric acid. ... STRENGTH OF brickwork. 280. As a usual thing, the brickwork in walls is ..."

4. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert W. Hughes (1904)
"The brickwork is put in in sections, each length being supported on curbs. ... Thickness of brickwork.—The thickness of walling depends entirely on the ..."

5. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1909)
"Another advantage in using mortar in the joints of brickwork is that a wall ... Meaning of brickwork.—By the term brickwork is meant not only the brick but ..."

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