单词 | red rubber |
释义 | > as lemmasred rubber 7. A soft brick made from fine clay, the surface of which is polished smooth, chiefly used for ornamental and high-quality brickwork. Also more fully red rubber. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > brick made in specific way semi-brick1601 place brick1621 clinker1659 rubbed brick1663 rubber1744 marl1812 bat1816 burr1823 wire-cut brick1839 place1843 wire-cut1910 rug brick1914 texture brick1940 1744 Daily Advertiser 17 May (advt.) All sorts of Bricks and Tile, viz...Red Rubbers. 1764 Gen. Mag. Arts & Sci. 14 339/2 The red bricks, or as they call them red-rubbers, used about doors, cornices &c. are made in a different manner. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 535 The best kind are used as cutting bricks, and are called red rubbers. In old buildings they are very frequently to be seen ground to a fine smooth surface. 1898 F. H. Oliphant in 19th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1897–8: Pt. 6 (Contd.) 407 A second kind, and one much used in London for fronts, is a large, light-red brick, so soft as to be readily scratched by the knife. These are called ‘rubbers’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 521/2 For cutting soft bricks, such as rubbers.., a frame saw with a blade of soft iron wire is used. 1944 W. Morgan in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder ix. 311/2 Rubbers are used for gauged arches, carvings, etc. Examples are Bracknell red rubbers, and Suffolk whites. 1997 T. Knight Creative Brickwork ii. 65/1 A few manufacturers make traditional ‘rubbers’ but they are somewhat costly and are used mainly for high quality restoration work. < as lemmas |
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