单词 | bricklaying |
释义 | bricklayingn. The action or process of building walls, houses, and other structures with bricks; the trade or skill of a bricklayer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > [noun] bricklaying1483 brickwork1617 bricklayery1703 bricking1725 wet trade1962 in R. Horrox & P. W. Hammond Brit. Libr. Harleian MS 433 (1980) II. 20 Artificers expert in breke leyng. 1592 P. Henslowe Diary (1961) 11 Itm pd for brycklaynge ijs ijd. 1606 Returne from Pernassus i. ii. sig. B2v He were better betake himselfe to his old trade of Bricklaying. 1787 G. Washington Diary 19 Apr. (1979) V. 137 This morning there was a..frost..wch. was so severe as to stop brick laying. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 514 In the country the trades of bricklaying and plastering are usually united. 1936 W. Citrine I search for Truth in Russia 349 High productivity of labour in bricklaying..plastering and excavating work. 2015 National Trust Mag. Summer 54/3 Churchill was a dab hand at bricklaying and built some of the walls on his estate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1483 |
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