brickyard

[ brik-yahrd ]

/ ˈbrɪkˌyɑrd /

a place where bricks are made, stored, or sold.

Origin of brickyard

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35; brick + yard²

Everyone is afraid of her in the house and in the village and in the brickyard.

The Witch and Other Stories |Anton Chekhov
Several kilns of brick turned out badly, so that the brickyard fell behind with its orders, thus delaying the work a few weeks.

The Colonel's Dream |Charles W. Chesnutt
Fix it up for the brickyard at—at what time do you say, Foster?

Full-Back Foster |Ralph Henry Barbour
It will open a brickyard and stone quarry in East Liberty this spring and employ 125 men and 40 teams.

Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading |Various

The bricks were all made in the school's brickyard, and laid by the students.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899 |Various

brickyard

/ (ˈbrɪkˌjɑːd) /

a place in which bricks are made, stored, or sold