wythe
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English
Etymology
Uncertain.
- Perhaps an alteration of width.[1]
- Perhaps related to withe (“flexible twig; band of twigs”), from Old English wiþþe (“tie, band”).
The chimney-partition sense may derive from the fact that a single wythe or thickness of brick has often been used for such partitions.
Pronunciation
Noun
wythe (plural wythes)
- (masonry) A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness.
- That wall has to be at least three wythes of brick to support your load.
- (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.
- 1986, Jack Payne Jones, Handbook of Construction Contracting: Plans, specs, building, Craftsman Book Company, →ISBN, page 373:
- A chimney runs from the base of the first flue liner to the top of the last flue liner, or to any rain cap above it. Attach single-wythe chimneys to the house.
- 2003, Carson Dunlop, Principles of Home Inspection: Chimneys & wood heating, Dearborn Real Estate, →ISBN, page 30:
- […] Where there is more than one flue, there is usually a single wythe of masonry separating the flues. Particularly on older chimneys with poor or missing caps, this wythe of brick dividing the flues may be […]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionary of English (2010), page 2051: "wythe /wɪθ, wɪð/ noun a single thickness of bricks in masonry construction. – origin early 18th cent. (as with): probably an alteration of WIDTH."
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