单词 | bricksetter |
释义 | bricksettern. 1. Chiefly English regional (northern and midlands). A bricklayer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of walls > bricklayer brickman1418 brick-masonc1435 bricklayerc1442 bricker1482 troweller1611 trowel-mana1637 red mason1700 bricksetter1811 brickie1847 1811 Lancaster Gaz. 14 Dec. On Wednesday last, John Atkinson, bricksetter, while in the act of assisting in pulling down the steeple of St. John's Church, Preston, had the misfortune of falling off the church. 1876 F. S. Williams Midland Railway xiii. 356 Half a dozen bricksetters casing the 12 feet length [of the tunnel] which had been cleared for them by the navvies. 1920 Manch. Guardian 4 Mar. 10/6 The vice chairman of the Housing Committee [of Bolton]..said that one of their problems was the lack of bricksetters as well as of material. 1973 P. G. McHenry Adobe x. 89/1 One bricksetter can keep two or three helpers busy carrying brick, and the job goes surprisingly fast. 2013 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 8 June 14 Brick setters and hundreds of volunteers came forward to help with construction. 2. A worker who arranges raw bricks for firing in a kiln. In later use also: a machine which performs this function. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > brick-making equipment > [noun] bricksetter1883 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes river?c1475 melter1511 sinker1526 folder up1552 wiper1552 scourer1574 heaver1587 stoverc1600 rasper1611 ripper1611 roller1616 smearer1632 waterleadera1650 scooper1668 smiter1670 puncher1681 staker1688 crusher1794 hardener1796 reamer1822 piledriver1826 catcher1832 waterproofer1837 middler1847 culler1850 hanger-on1858 pitcher1865 bumper1871 fine liner1871 bricksetter1883 waxer1890 bottle-oh1898 edger1909 bottle-o-er1915 caster1921 recycler1970 linesperson1973 1883 4th Ann. Rep. Bureau of Labor Statistics Missouri 1882 xii. 112 Occupation... Brick setter and burner. 1890 Clay-worker Oct. 262/1 A good brick setter must know that his kiln must be set from bottom to top, so that the draft will be perfectly free throughout the kiln. 1931 Jrnl. Hygiene 31 131 The second was described as a kiln man;..previously he had been a brick setter for 10 years, and before that on various jobs in the works for 15 years. 1968 N.Y. Folklore Q. Mar. 13 The unsuspecting greenhorn was sent for a ‘straight edge’... The brick setter used it to keep his kiln benches true. 2005 Ceramic Industry Nov. 78 (caption) The first robotic brick setter, installed at Robinson Brick Co., Denver, Colo., in 1997. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1811 |
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