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)

A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 276:
  Then they passed by lonely brickfields. The fog was lighter here, and he could see the strange bottle-shaped kilns with their orange fan-like tongues of fire.

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