brickwork
nounUS /ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/
Etymology From brick + -work.
1
A structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks.
- The two lower rows of tubes at each end pier were then drilled through to the extrados of the brickwork to act as weep holes and assist in the drainage from the backs of the arches.1954 January 23, “Strengthening of Coquet Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
- The chimney, built in brickwork, was to be plastered on the inside several feet from where the fireplace was to be.1995, Fred Archer, “Sapper, a Master Plasterer”, in The Cuckoo Pen: Tales of English Village Life Between the Wars, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton Publising, →ISBN, page 69:
2
The quality of the construction of a brick structure.
- Derived terms
- brickworks