pressed brick

American  

noun

1. face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.

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Etymology

Origin of pressed brick

First recorded in 1840–50

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pressed brick

In September 1895, the edifice, comprising four floors of light-colored Enumclaw sandstone and pressed brick, trimmed with terra cotta and outfitted with the latest heating and plumbing, welcomed more than 200 students.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

O Wilks," cried the lawyer, "you're a patent pressed brick!

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

The walls and roof of this chamber are double; the inner wall is 9 in. thick, of fire-brick; the outer one is 8 in. thick, and is faced with red pressed brick.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Herbert M. Wilson

Unless, indeed, you propose to build of pressed brick, in which case you will need it to show your neighbors how fearfully and wonderfully nice you are.

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

I loved its narrow-gabled houses, with their yellow pressed brick, and iron girders, and high, hospitable stoops, and projecting water-spouts--which all spoke to me of the dear, brave, good old Holland I had never seen.

From In the Valley by Harold Frederic