brick-builtadj.
/ˈbrɪkbɪlt/, /ˌbrɪkˈbɪlt/, U.S. /ˈbrɪkˌbɪlt/ Of a building or other structure: made of bricks.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective]
wandedc1593
brick-built1596
rock-built1596
mud-walled1607
sedgy1624
sodden1639
nogged1688
frame1760
logged1784
stucco1786
weatherboarded1794
piled1795
thick-walled1820
clapboarded1835
board-built1837
pebble-dashed1839
puncheoned1843
timber-framed1843
betimbered1847
pile-built1851
massy1855
bamboo-walled1858
portable1860
half-timber1874
stone-faced1874
Red River frame1879
ashlared1881
granolithic1881
brick-end1883
converted1888
steel frame1898
board-and-bat1902
traviated1902
steel-framed1906
prefabricated1921
prefab1937
multiwall1940
pre-engineered1955
curtain-walled1959
pre-fabbed1959
timber-frame1967
system-built1968
flat-pack1982
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > [adjective] > built of brick
brick-built1596
bricky1596
brickish1648
bricked1664
bricken1851
bricks and mortar1862
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > made or constructed of brick
brick-built1596
bricky1596
brickish1648
bricked1664
bricken1851
bricks and mortar1862
1596 F. Sabie Adams Complaint sig. B3 I sought not for a stately brick-built Castle.
1788 Calcutta Chron. 31 Jan. To be sold..A Brick-built Lower-roomed House.
1842 T. Hood Turtles in New Monthly Mag. June 273 Before a lofty brick-built pile Sir Peter stopped.
1894 O. Wilde Sphinx in Wks. (1909) 168 And from the brick-built Lycian tomb what horrible Chimera came.
1945 Manch. Guardian 17 Oct. 2/8 Well-designed brick-built property in excellent condition.
2011 Independent 11 Jan. (Viewspaper section) 14/1 At either end were large brick-built houses with lawned gardens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1596