Flettonn.

/ˈflɛtən/

Forms: Also fletton.

Etymology: < the name of a town near Peterborough.

Used attributively or elliptically to designate a type of brick made by a semi-dry process, originally from the Oxford clay found near Fletton.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > type of brick

sun-dried1600

housing1703

shuffy1850

Fletton1908

sand-lime1910

1908 C. F. Mitchell Brickwork & Masonry (ed. 2) xiv. 390 The average Fletton brick, when immersed in water for 24 hours, will absorb 20 per cent of its weight of water.

1927 Daily Tel. 24 May 3/3 The imported bricks cannot compete..in our area with Fletton bricks.

1934 Archit. Rev. 76 122/2 The rear elevation has rustic flettons distempered.

1967 Times 9 Feb. 16/1 London Brick, the largest fletton producer in Britain.

1971 Daily Tel. 28 May (Colour Suppl.) 21/4 Nearly half the bricks made in Britain are ‘flettons’ from this bed of clay, and nearly half the flettons come from the Bedfordshire brickfield.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	fletton
释义	Flettonn. /ˈflɛtən/ Forms: Also fletton. Etymology: < the name of a town near Peterborough. Used attributively or elliptically to designate a type of brick made by a semi-dry process, originally from the Oxford clay found near Fletton. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > type of brick sun-dried1600 housing1703 shuffy1850 Fletton1908 sand-lime1910 1908 C. F. Mitchell Brickwork & Masonry (ed. 2) xiv. 390 The average Fletton brick, when immersed in water for 24 hours, will absorb 20 per cent of its weight of water. 1927 Daily Tel. 24 May 3/3 The imported bricks cannot compete..in our area with Fletton bricks. 1934 Archit. Rev. 76 122/2 The rear elevation has rustic flettons distempered. 1967 Times 9 Feb. 16/1 London Brick, the largest fletton producer in Britain. 1971 Daily Tel. 28 May (Colour Suppl.) 21/4 Nearly half the bricks made in Britain are ‘flettons’ from this bed of clay, and nearly half the flettons come from the Bedfordshire brickfield. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1908
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