Roman brick

American  

noun

1. a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.

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Example Sentences

The facade features pressed Roman brick and brownstone and is adorned with a Palladian window and cast-iron balconettes.

From Washington Post

It’s a grand Roman brick structure from the 1920s, decorated with terra-cotta tiles and Egyptian-themed pilasters.

From Washington Post

The Cheney house, built in 1903, was a broad-shouldered example of Wright’s Prairie style, its hipped roof extending protectively over a base of Roman brick.

From Los Angeles Times

Many Roman brick buildings are long gone - but not because the bricks themselves have decayed.

From BBC

They were not confident of finding anything at all, but , human remains spanning centuries, broken, carved stone from many earlier periods of the building, Roman brick and finds such the little coin have poured out of the small, square pit.

From The Guardian