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brickmaking

American  
[brik-mey-king] / ˈbrɪkˌmeɪ kɪŋ /

noun

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


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Etymology

Origin of brickmaking

First recorded in 1695–1705; brick + making

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Children are doing every step of the brickmaking process.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2022

In the 1800s, Haverstraw, in Rockland County, was a brickmaking hub and the site of much innovation.

From New York Times May 21, 2021

The agency started a masonry class, but fighters intercepted its brickmaking materials.

From Washington Post Nov. 10, 2017

She read about brickmaking and the Este family’s patronage of the arts, and she read Leon Battista Alberti and Cennino Cennini’s treatises on painting.

From The Guardian Jun. 5, 2015

The Romans made the best ones, some of their buildings having defied the elements for seventeen centuries, and their mantle, as to brickmaking, has fallen upon the Dutch.

From Homes and How to Make Them by E. C. (Eugene Clarence) Gardner

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