sand-lime brick

American  

[sand-lahym] / ˈsændˌlaɪm /

noun

1. a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.

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Etymology

Origin of sand-lime brick

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Today, while many features have been modernized, the hotel pays homage to the building’s past: The historic elevator remains; some of the original structure’s marble floors and wood-paneled walls have been preserved; and other details, for instance, the gable-crowned avant-corps and sand-lime brick façade, have been renovated to maintain the site’s historical grandeur.

From Architectural Digest

In construction work silica is used in the form of stone, sand-lime brick, cement, mortar, concrete, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

This bond of hydrated calcium silicate is evidently different from, and of better type than, the filling of calcium carbonate produced in the mortar-brick, and the sand-lime brick is consequently much stronger than the ordinary mortar-brick, however the latter may be made.

From Project Gutenberg

The sand-lime brick is simple in manufacture, and with reasonable care is of constant quality.

From Project Gutenberg

Investigations and tests are being made, with a view to the preparation of working specifications for use in Government construction, of bricks, tile, sand-lime brick, paving brick, sewer pipe, roofing slates, flooring tiles, cable conduits, electric insulators, architectural terra cotta, fire-brick, and all shapes of refractories and other clay products, regarding which no satisfactory data for the preparation of specifications of working values now exist.

From Project Gutenberg