“place、brick”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

place-brick

释义

ˈplace-brick
orig. A brick made of soft clay, and laid on a prepared ‘place’ to harden before being burnt: see quot. 1753; now, an ordinary stock brick which has been imperfectly burnt, through being on the outward or windward side of the kiln or clamp.
1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 41 Place-bricks.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Brick, Place-bricks..so called because of a level smooth place just by where they are struck or moulded..where they are left till they are stiff enough to be turned on their edges.., they carry them to stacks,..they are covered with straw on the top, till they are dry enough..to be burnt.1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 343 Place-Bricks are too frequently poor and brittle.1847Smeaton Builder's Man. 19 Place bricks are the refuse of a burning, and are in fact those which have not been perfectly burnt.1881Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1155 Prices per 100 at which bricks are quoted: place-bricks, 4s. 6d.; grey stocks, 5s.; red stocks, 6s. [etc.].

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