单词 | brickwork facade |
释义 | > as lemmasbrickwork facade attributive, with the sense ‘made of bricks or brickwork’, as brickwork facade, brickwork wall, etc. Cf. brick adj.1 1. ΚΠ 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. viii. 148 The better way is to frame a Window as the Brick-work Window, and to project it an Inch and an half beyond the side of the Building. 1797 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist (ed. 2) at Bark-pit The principal detached Bark-pits should generally be formed with brick-work walls. 1879 Graphic 19 July 63/3 A lofty brickwork tower..dominates the Humber and all the inland district. 1915 T. G. Jackson Gothic Archit. in France, Eng., & Italy II. xxiv. 182 The church..has an elegant campanile with a brickwork spire formed..of heading bricks with rounded ends. 1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xiv. 300 The vapour passes into a large brickwork chamber, where it first condenses to a fine powder known as ‘flowers of sulphur’, which may be scraped off. 2017 Journal (Newcastle) (National ed.) (Nexis) 23 Dec. 23 The existing brickwork facade will be kept with full-length glazed windows added to the fourth floor. < as lemmas |
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