brickyard

American  

[brik-yahrd] / ˈbrɪkˌyɑrd /

noun

1. a place where bricks are made, stored, or sold.

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brickyard British  

/ ˈbrɪkˌjɑːd /

noun

1. a place in which bricks are made, stored, or sold

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Etymology

Origin of brickyard

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35; brick + yard ²

Example Sentences

"They are very small and it could have easily bitten someone and it seems he has been in the brickyard for about a month," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2021

His brother, Walter, operated brickyard No. 3 until it closed, in 1952.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2021

“This was basically all a skate park,” said Taylor Bruck, 30, who grew up in Kingston and whose great-great-grandfather worked at a brickyard in Glasco, 10 miles north.

From New York Times • May 21, 2021

Heinz attended Duff’s Mercantile College in Pittsburgh and was a bookkeeper at his father’s Sharpsburg brickyard.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2019

Here at the brickyard we were sheltered from rifle or machine-gun fire by the river bank.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway