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单词 brickyard
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brickyardn.

Brit. /ˈbrɪkjɑːd/, U.S. /ˈbrɪkˌjɑrd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brick n.1, yard n.1
Etymology: < brick n.1 + yard n.1
A yard or site where bricks are manufactured.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > bricks or tiles
brickyard1618
stool1693
brickfield1726
brickworks1763
tile-yard1835
tilery1846
tile-field1882
tile-works1882
1618 Minutes May in S. M. Kingsbury Rec. Virginia Company (1933) III. 98 Tooles for a Brick yard.
1691 G. W. Story Impartial Hist. Occurr. Kingdom Ireland 142 A Captain, Lieutenant, and Forty Men, were posted in the Brick-Yard, near Cill Abby, to hinder the Enemy from making their Escape that way.
1769 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 31 July (1997) I. 146 John Moore sent a fellow to assist in brick yard.
1864 Leeds Mercury 20 Sept. He went to work at a brick yard.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Apr. 11/2 He has succeeded in emancipating..little brickyard children from a regular Egyptian bondage.
1913 B. Goodkind Poor Amer. in Ireland & Scotl. viii. 120 Thank the Lord, now I would not have to do any more hard manual labor. No more wood chopping,..no back breaking work in brickyards, etc., etc.
1955 S. R. Spencer B. T. Washington & Negro's Place in Amer. Life v. 84 One hundred and twenty thousand bricks stood ready for burning at the brickyard.
2000 R. W. Holder Taunton Cider & Langdons xi. 54 The only land allocated by the Borough Council for industrial development was either in a swamp or on the site of a former brickyard which had been subject to landfill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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