Bricklaying
noun
The activity of building things with bricks, typically walls or buildings.
He learned bricklaying from his father when he was a teenager.

Often appears as...
- bricklaying skills
- bricklaying work
noun
The activity of building things with bricks, typically walls or buildings.
He learned bricklaying from his father when he was a teenager.

Often appears as...
- bricklaying skills
- bricklaying work
Definition 1 of 1

Physical Labor
Bricklaying involves physical work; often used to describe manual construction tasks.

During the summer, she took up bricklaying to help build community centers.
Trade Skill
Bricklaying is a skilled trade, implying someone has been trained to do it professionally.

After his apprenticeship, he became certified in bricklaying.
Technical Vocabulary
Bricklaying terms like 'mortar', 'trowel', and 'joint' are good to learn for deeper understanding.

In her bricklaying course, she learned how to apply mortar correctly.
Physical Labor
Bricklaying involves physical work; often used to describe manual construction tasks.

During the summer, she took up bricklaying to help build community centers.
Trade Skill
Bricklaying is a skilled trade, implying someone has been trained to do it professionally.

After his apprenticeship, he became certified in bricklaying.
Technical Vocabulary
Bricklaying terms like 'mortar', 'trowel', and 'joint' are good to learn for deeper understanding.

In her bricklaying course, she learned how to apply mortar correctly.
Physical Labor
Bricklaying involves physical work; often used to describe manual construction tasks.

During the summer, she took up bricklaying to help build community centers.
Trade Skill
Bricklaying is a skilled trade, implying someone has been trained to do it professionally.

After his apprenticeship, he became certified in bricklaying.
Technical Vocabulary
Bricklaying terms like 'mortar', 'trowel', and 'joint' are good to learn for deeper understanding.

In her bricklaying course, she learned how to apply mortar correctly.
Video examples
How to build safer...
for 50 years building houses he's the brick mason so I learned the bricklaying trade from my dad and one of the first things he taught me was you can't lay bricks with gloves on yeah you have to feel the brick you have to feel the wall you have to feel the mortar that sticks
Video examples
Matthew Carter: My life...
Not so with an O. This looks more like bricklaying than type design, but believe me, this is a good bitmap O, for the simple reason that it's symmetrical in both x and y axes.
Video examples
How to build safer...
for 50 years building houses he's the brick mason so I learned the bricklaying trade from my dad and one of the first things he taught me was you can't lay bricks with gloves on yeah you have to feel the brick you have to feel the wall you have to feel the mortar that sticks
Video examples
Matthew Carter: My life...
Not so with an O. This looks more like bricklaying than type design, but believe me, this is a good bitmap O, for the simple reason that it's symmetrical in both x and y axes.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Kim Bodnia
Danish Actor
I can build a house with my bare hands. In my late teens I was in a band with my friend Henrik, and his builder father thought we needed something to fall back on, so he taught us carpentry and bricklaying and we built a house over two years.

Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it doesn't and you have to push it down and start again, but you don't stop; it's your trade.

Quote examples
David Sax
Canadian Journalist
Nearly every industry in America, from carbon trading to bricklaying, hosts its own back-slapping awards night.

Quote examples
Kim Bodnia
Danish Actor
I can build a house with my bare hands. In my late teens I was in a band with my friend Henrik, and his builder father thought we needed something to fall back on, so he taught us carpentry and bricklaying and we built a house over two years.

Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it doesn't and you have to push it down and start again, but you don't stop; it's your trade.

Quote examples
David Sax
Canadian Journalist
Nearly every industry in America, from carbon trading to bricklaying, hosts its own back-slapping awards night.

Example 1 of 3
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