blocklayern.

Brit.

/ˈblɒkleɪə/, U.S.

/ˈblɑkˌleɪər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: block n.¹, layer n.

Etymology: < block n.¹ + layer n. Compare earlier block laying n.

A person whose job is to lay blocks of stone, concrete, wood, etc., for any of various types of construction work; a person who lays blocks as an occupation or trade. Cf. block laying n.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > construction worker > type of

hodman1829

banksman1956

1825 G. Overton Descr. Faults or Dykes of Mineral Basin of S. Wales 63 I always make the block-layers use a heavy maul or rammer to beat and settle the stones before the blocks are laid.

1892 Timber & Wood Working Machinery 1 Oct. 126/3 A block-layer..was recently engaged in the work of re-paving with wood the long thoroughfare extending from the Marble Arch to Uxbridge Road Station.

1957 G. Stoddard Go North, Young Man xxix. 232 My duties..consisted of wheeling wheel-barrows of concrete and concrete blocks to the place where the two blocklayers to whom I had been assigned were laying a wall.

2005 J. Martyn Ringfort to Runway ii. iv. 151 ‘Sorry about the hands, I'm a block-layer. The girls are always on to me,’ says he displaying his calloused palms.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	blocklayer
释义	blocklayern. Brit. /ˈblɒkleɪə/, U.S. /ˈblɑkˌleɪər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: block n.¹, layer n. Etymology: < block n.¹ + layer n. Compare earlier block laying n. A person whose job is to lay blocks of stone, concrete, wood, etc., for any of various types of construction work; a person who lays blocks as an occupation or trade. Cf. block laying n. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > construction worker > type of hodman1829 banksman1956 1825 G. Overton Descr. Faults or Dykes of Mineral Basin of S. Wales 63 I always make the block-layers use a heavy maul or rammer to beat and settle the stones before the blocks are laid. 1892 Timber & Wood Working Machinery 1 Oct. 126/3 A block-layer..was recently engaged in the work of re-paving with wood the long thoroughfare extending from the Marble Arch to Uxbridge Road Station. 1957 G. Stoddard Go North, Young Man xxix. 232 My duties..consisted of wheeling wheel-barrows of concrete and concrete blocks to the place where the two blocklayers to whom I had been assigned were laying a wall. 2005 J. Martyn Ringfort to Runway ii. iv. 151 ‘Sorry about the hands, I'm a block-layer. The girls are always on to me,’ says he displaying his calloused palms. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1825
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