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brickmaking

American  
[brik-may-king] / ˈbrɪkˌmeɪ kɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act, process, or occupation of making bricks.


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Etymology

Origin of brickmaking

First recorded in 1695–1705; brick + making


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Children are doing every step of the brickmaking process.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

It’s where coal dust was first added to the clay mixture in 1815, which halved burning time in the kilns, and where Richard A. Ver Valen invented the first automatic brickmaking machine in 1852.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2021

Johnston writes that Yarrow was known for his brickmaking, his basket-weaving and his swimming prowess in the Potomac River.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2015

She read about brickmaking and the Este family’s patronage of the arts, and she read Leon Battista Alberti and Cennino Cennini’s treatises on painting.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2015

It is as proper to speak of the art of grinding or the art of molding as of the art of metal-working or the art of brickmaking.

From The Classification of Patents by United States Patent Office

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