Besser block
noun
Bes·ser block ˈbe-sər- 
variants or besser block
plural Besser blocks or besser blocks
Australia
: cinder block sense 2
Against all the acoustic probabilities of grey Besser blocks and steel framing, the winery encourages the sounds of instruments and voices to bloom.
Roger Covell, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 Dec. 1994
Roger Covell, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 Dec. 1994Each yard had a quota of car wrecks perched on Besser blocks or tree stumps. Russell Skelton, King Brown Country: The Betrayal of Papunya, 2010
Russell Skelton, King Brown Country: The Betrayal of Papunya, 2010Besser blocks and beaten copper panels were a crude attempt to create privacy … Karen McCartney, Iconic Australian Houses, 2007
Karen McCartney, Iconic Australian Houses, 2007The impact demolished the cement besser block wall and left a gaping hole in the store, which was empty at the time. Kate Lemmon, The Queensland Times, 30 Aug. 2012
Kate Lemmon, The Queensland Times, 30 Aug. 2012
Word History
Etymology
after the Besser Manufacturing Company, concrete block producer founded in Alpena, Michigan, in 1904
First Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined above
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