单词 | brickfield |
释义 | brickfieldn. A field or other open site where bricks are made. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > bricks or tiles brickyard1618 stool1693 brickfield1726 brickworks1763 tile-yard1835 tilery1846 tile-field1882 tile-works1882 1726 C. Threlkeld Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum sig. H3 On the sandy Banks near the Brick-fields. 1801 M. Edgeworth Harry & Lucy ii. 16 in Early Lessons ii To go to the brickfield, to see how bricks were burned. 1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar xiii. 361 Spadefuls of soil piled up like newly made bricks in a brick-field. 1900 Daily News 22 Jan. 3/2 This morning the Boers emplaced a five-pounder at the brick fields, and proceeded to drop shells into the market square. 1952 Prop. Owners' Jrnl. Jan. 10/2 Bricks are expensive things to carry... Consequently, brick houses must be built as near the brick-fields as possible. 2011 J. Tong Investigative Journalism in China iv. 71 Thousands of children were..sold and forced to work as slaves in illegal brickfields. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1726 |
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