brickkiln

[brik-kil, -kiln]

noun

1. a kiln or furnace in which bricks are baked or burned.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brickkiln¹

First recorded in 1475–85; brick + kiln

Example Sentences

The art of making bricks, which had been lost since the departure of the Romans from Britain, was revived, and the establishment of brickkilns stimulated building.

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Draw the water for the siege; Strengthen thy fortresses: Go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln: There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off.

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Let no man call me merciful, when I tortured the Ammonites cruelly, putting them under saws, and under harrows and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln.

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