brickfield

See also: brick-field and brick field

English

Alternative forms
  • brick field, brick-field

Etymology

From brick +‎ field.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪkfɪəld/

Noun

brickfield (plural brickfields)

  1. A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:
      Then they passed by lonely brickfields. The fog was lighter here, and he could see the strange, bottle-shaped kilns with their orange, fanlike tongues of fire.
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