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Fletton|ˈflɛtən|
Also fletton.
[The name of a town near Peterborough.]
Used attrib. or ellipt. to designate a type of brick made by a semi-dry process, orig. from the Oxford clay found near Fletton.
1908C. F. Mitchell Brickwork & Masonry (ed. 2) xiv. 390 The average Fletton brick, when immersed in water for 24 hours, will absorb 20 per cent of its weight of water. 1927Daily Tel. 24 May 3/3 The imported bricks cannot compete..in our area with Fletton bricks. 1934Archit. Rev. LXXVI. 122/2 The rear elevation has rustic flettons distempered. 1967Times 9 Feb. 16/1 London Brick, the largest fletton producer in Britain. 1971Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 28 May 21/4 Nearly half the bricks made in Britain are ‘flettons’ from this bed of clay, and nearly half the flettons come from the Bedfordshire brickfield. |