salmon brick

American  

noun

1. a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.

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Example Sentences

A very good idea of it might be had by comparing what are called salmon brick and pressed brick together.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr

With three stories, dormer widows, of salmon brick, laid in Flemish bond, it faces the street as sturdily as when first built.

From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague