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, particularly a field or other open site; a brickyard.
   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: 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.