brickkiln

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English

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Etymology

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From brick +‎ kiln.

Noun

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brickkiln (plural brickkilns)

  1. A kiln in which bricks are baked.
    Hypernym: kiln
    Coordinate term: clamp
    • 1819, The Examiner, numbers 575-626, page 641:
      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 [] ?

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