tuck-pointv.

Etymology: < tuck n.¹ + point v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtuck-point.

To point or fill up the joints of (brickwork) with coloured mortar, grooved with a narrow groove, which is filled with fine white lime putty, allowed to project slightly.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > work with bricks [verb (transitive)] > point brickwork with mortar

joint1700

tuck1803

tuck-point1902

1902 J. Hebb in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. X. 193/1 The brickwork..has been coloured and tuck-pointed.

Derivatives

tuck-pointer n.

ΘΚΠ

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

tuck-pointer1901

1901 Daily Chron. 2 Sept. 9/6 Bricklayer and tuck pointer, good, wants Work.

tuck pointing n. pointing in which the mortar slightly projects from the joints, and the lines of mortar have parallel edges contrasting in colour with the central part.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > pointing

pointing1374

snail-creep1593

teething1844

dinging1873

flat pointing1881

tuck pointing1881

1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1201 In building there are two kinds of pointing, distinguished as flat pointing and tuck pointing, the latter being more ornamental than the former.

1893 Law Times 95 5/2 Any kind of brickwork, tuckpointing, or plastering that may have been contracted for..under the original contract.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tuck-point
释义	tuck-pointv. Etymology: < tuck n.¹ + point v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtuck-point. To point or fill up the joints of (brickwork) with coloured mortar, grooved with a narrow groove, which is filled with fine white lime putty, allowed to project slightly. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > work with bricks [verb (transitive)] > point brickwork with mortar joint1700 tuck1803 tuck-point1902 1902 J. Hebb in Notes & Queries 9th Ser. X. 193/1 The brickwork..has been coloured and tuck-pointed. Derivatives tuck-pointer n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of walls > bricklayer > pointer tuck-pointer1901 1901 Daily Chron. 2 Sept. 9/6 Bricklayer and tuck pointer, good, wants Work. tuck pointing n. pointing in which the mortar slightly projects from the joints, and the lines of mortar have parallel edges contrasting in colour with the central part. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > pointing pointing1374 snail-creep1593 teething1844 dinging1873 flat pointing1881 tuck pointing1881 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1201 In building there are two kinds of pointing, distinguished as flat pointing and tuck pointing, the latter being more ornamental than the former. 1893 Law Times 95 5/2 Any kind of brickwork, tuckpointing, or plastering that may have been contracted for..under the original contract. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1881
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