Aireyn.
/ˈɛːri/, U.S. /ˈɛri/ British Building.
attributive. Designating a system for constructing houses from precast concrete sections. Of a house: built using this system.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective] > manner of construction
forked1792
Airey1945
lift-slab1951
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific material or construction
thatch-house1521
slate house1554
thack housec1600
frame house1627
log-house1662
straw1665
thatch1693
tin-house1798
fog house1799
leaf house1811
rock house1818
black house1819
blockhouse1821
white house1824
slab-and-bark house1826
brown house1845
brush house1854
soddy1877
hurdle-housea1879
bottle house1913
stucco1922
prefab1942
Portal house1944
Airey1945
yali1962
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > house of specific material or construction
framed1623
black and white1656
stucco1786
unchinked1819
Wealden1956
Airey1982
1945 Times 28 July 2/3 The London County Council is to cooperate with the Ministry of Works in the experimental erection..of 50 to 60 permanent prefabricated houses on the Airey system.
1947 Times 18 Aug. 2/5 By the end of June only 3,600 of the 20,000 Airey houses were in approved contracts.
1982 Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 2/6 Council tenants who have bought their ‘Airey’ homes, which have been found to contain structural defects, will be compensated by the Government.
2000 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 26 July 1 A spokesman for the district council said the refurbishment of the Airey houses was an ongoing problem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1945