Definition of Bricklaying

1. Noun. The craft of laying bricks.

Generic synonyms: Masonry

Definition of Bricklaying

1. n. The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.

Definition of Bricklaying

1. Noun. The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bricklaying

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bricklaying

brickfilming
brickfilms
brickie
brickier
brickies
brickiest
bricking
bricking up
brickings
brickish
brickkiln
brickkilns
bricklayer
bricklayer's hammer
bricklayers
bricklaying (current term)
bricklayings
brickle
brickleness
brickles
brickless
bricklike
brickly
brickmaker
brickmaker's anaemia
brickmakers
brickmaking
brickman
brickmanship
brickmen

Literary usage of Bricklaying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand Book of the New York State Reformatory at Elmira, Comp by Frederick Chester Allen (1906)
"... descriptions of the outlines embodied in the respective trades of bricklaying, and stenography and typewriting, follow in the order named: bricklaying. ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"Before taking up the subject of bricklaying, the student should become acquainted with the laws for the thickness of -walls in this country. ..."

3. Examples of Industrial Education by Frank Mitchell Leavitt (1912)
"This school offers courses in carpentry, pattern making, bricklaying, plumbing, painting, and steam engineering to boys of fifteen years of age or over, ..."

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