brickmaking

[ brik-mey-king ]

noun

1. the act, process, or occupation of making bricks.

Other Words From

• brickmaker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brickmaking¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; brick + making

Example Sentences

Brickmaking was a lost art, stone was found only in a few places.

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A beginning had been made, however, and some knowledge of brickmaking gained.

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It is as proper to speak of the art of grinding or the art of molding as of the art of metal-working or the art of brickmaking.

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After two or three such conversations, he was able to enlighten the Earl on the subject of brickmaking, as they rode home.

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Elder Steigerwald had had experience in this line of work, so he generously offered to start the rest in brickmaking.

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