1. Builders’ work executed in brick.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong., Briqueterie, bricke worke.
1594. Plat, Jewell-ho., III. 78. Buildinges that consist of Brickwoorke.
1703. Arts Improv., I. 4. By a Rod of Brick-work, is meant, Sixteen Foot and half Square, at a Brick and half thick.
1779. Sheridan, Critic, I. ii. (1883), 159. A Detester of visible Brickwork, in favour of the new-invented Stucco.
1874. Parker, Illustr. Gothic Archit., II. 271. The brickwork of the [Roman] Empire … is the finest brickwork in the world.
2. Building with bricks; bricklaying.
1677. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., 245. Tools used in Brick Work.
3. pl. A place where bricks are made.
1703. Proclam., in Lond. Gaz., No. 3879/4. Owner of the Brick and Pantile Works near Tilbury Fort.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, I. 525. In many brick-works near Paris, screw presses are now used for consolidating the bricks … in their moulds.
