briquetage

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English

Briquetage, iron slag & sherds in Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, England

Etymology

From French briquetage (“brickwork”) (In French archaeology the term is also used in this extended, specialist sense).

Noun

briquetage (uncountable)

  1. (archaeology) burnt-clay remains associated with historical salt production.
  2. (archaeology, more generally) any crudely-made objects fashioned of burnt clay.

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Further reading

French

Noun

briquetage m (plural briquetages)

  1. brickwork
  2. a pattern of lines on plaster, etc., to imitate brickwork
  3. briquetage

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