briquetage
English edit
Etymology edit
French briquetage (“brickwork”) (In French archaeology the term is also used in this extended, specialist sense)
Noun edit
briquetage (uncountable)
- (archaeology) burnt-clay remains associated with historical salt production.
- (archaeology, more generally) any crudely-made objects fashioned of burnt clay.
Coordinate terms edit
Further reading edit
briquetage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Red hill (salt making) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Briquetage de la Seille on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
French edit
Noun edit
briquetage m (plural briquetages)
- brickwork
- a pattern of lines on plaster, etc., to imitate brickwork
- briquetage
Further reading edit
- “briquetage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.