redbrick

or red-brick

[ red-brik ]

adjective

, British Informal.

1. of, relating to, or associated with a redbrick university.

redbrick

/ ˈrɛdˌbrɪk /

noun

1. modifier denoting, relating to, or characteristic of a provincial British university of relatively recent foundation, esp as distinguished from Oxford and Cambridge

Word History and Origins

Origin of redbrick¹

First recorded in 1705–15; red ¹ + brick

Example Sentences

They turned a corner and saw a small, flat redbrick building with guards and others milling around its door.

From The Daily Beast

Outside, Butch and Leon leaned on a corner of the redbrick building and smoked a cigarette.

From The Daily Beast

The courthouse was a low, one-story redbrick building, sitting well back from the street.

From Project Gutenberg

It stands about mid-way between the Chelsea pier and the new redbrick mansions erected on the Chelsea embankment.

From Project Gutenberg

One was a square, red-brick mansion in the centre of the village, surrounded by a high, redbrick wall enclosing a garden.

From Project Gutenberg