brickwork

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   bricks set in mortar as part of a wall or building; masonry made from bricks

   The earthquake cracked the brickwork above the front door.

A compound of brick + work. Brick entered late Middle English from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch bricke, a word connected with breaking or cracked material; work is inherited from Old English weorc. In the compound, work refers both to construction in brick and to the resulting mass of laid bricks.

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