n.
1. The technique or work of constructing with bricks and mortar.
2. A structure made of bricks.
| Noun | 1. |  brickwork - masonry done with bricks and mortarmasonry - structure built of stone or brick by a mason nogging - rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame |
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brickwork:
[N-UNCOUNT] You can refer to the bricks in the walls of a building as the brickwork.
- There were cracks in the brickwork.
- = masonry
works:
28. N-COUNT-COLL : usu n N, N n
A works is a place where something is manufactured or where an industrial process is carried out. Works is used to refer to one or to more than one of these places.
- The steel works could be seen for miles.
... Cobuild
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Brickwork masonry is produced when a bricklayer uses bricks and mortar to build up structures such as walls, bridges and chimneys. Brickwork is also used to finish openings such as doors or windows in buildings made of other materials. Where the bricks are to remain fully visible, as opposed to being covered up by plaster or stucco, this is known as face-work.
Bricks are laid to expose their ends (Header bricks), or sides (Stretcher bricks). As the work progresses, the bricks are laid in rows called courses. The manner in which the bricks overlap as they are laid up is called the bond of which there are two main types: half bond and quarter bond. Types of bonding arrangements include English bond, Flemish bond, and Herringbone bond, but the most common type of brickwork seen these days is the simple stretcher bond, showing only the long side-surface of the brick.....
A Brickworks also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made) often with a quarry for clay on site....
...Wikipedia, http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/brickworks
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