Brickkiln

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kiln in which bricks are baked.

    "Are some poor boys brought before him for sleeping in brickkilns, — a circumstance to which they may have been compelled by want of room at home, or the damp and cold nights of autumn[…]?"

  2. 2
    a kiln for making bricks wordnet

Example

More examples

"Are some poor boys brought before him for sleeping in brickkilns, — a circumstance to which they may have been compelled by want of room at home, or the damp and cold nights of autumn[…]?"

Etymology

From brick + kiln.

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