单词 | brickmaker |
释义 | brickmakern. A person who, or company which, makes bricks, esp. as a trade or occupation. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of bricks or tiles > [noun] > brick-maker brickman1418 brickmaker1437 brick burnera1441 bricker1482 brick kilner1482 brickie1847 1437 Patent Roll, 16 Henry VI, Part 1 10 Oct. (P.R.O.: C 66/441) m. 34 dorso Dilectum seruientem nostrum Willelmum Weysy Brikemaker ad scrutand' vbi aliqua conueniens terra pro tegulis vocatis Brike faciend' inueniri poterit. 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edward VI c. 15 §3 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 59 Noe person..shall..lett or disturbe any..lyme-burner brickmaker tylemaker [etc.]. 1600 P. Henslowe Diary 4 Mar. (1961) 313 More to Wm tyller brickk macker at the apoynt ment of Strets. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. iii. 35 The brickmakers all about London, do mix sea-coal-ashes..with their clay of which they make brick. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 519 The Egyptians were great brick-makers. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 138/2 I made a mixture of four parts sand, one of cement, and enough water to make what the professional brick maker calls a ‘semi-dry’ mix. 2003 Austral. Financial Rev. (Sydney) 6 May 16/1 Perth-based brickmaker Bristile has fortified its defences to Brickworks' $473 million takeover bid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1437 |
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