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  • noun masonry that uses large blocks (of concrete etc.) rather than bricks

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Examples

  • The primary rooms had festoons of "blockwork," and under an awning made from a bright patchwork quilt, made by them, hung their dainty pockets, tidies, scarfs, etc., quaintly outlined in bright needlework.

    The American Missionary — Volume 48, No. 7, July, 1894 Various

  • Mainly, I had to cut gaps in the brackets to let them fit over the black power conduit while maintaining their structural integrity, despite the conduit being level with the wall but not level with the shelf, as the line of the blockwork in the wall is not level with respect to gravity.

    Snell-Pym » 2008 » July 2008

  • During close examination we found some parts that remind of hand-made blockwork.

    Manmade - or Not? Jan 2008

  • During close examination we found some parts that remind of hand-made blockwork.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008

  • Mainly, I had to cut gaps in the brackets to let them fit over the black power conduit while maintaining their structural integrity, despite the conduit being level with the wall but not level with the shelf, as the line of the blockwork in the wall is not level with respect to gravity.

    Snell-Pym » Workshop shelf 2008

  • Concrete rings, plastic pipes, steel containers or concrete blockwork are adequate structures.

    Chapter 8 1996

  • When making a stepped blockwork footing, it is most important that each layer be staggered in its jointing from the layer below.

    3. Innovative technologies related to the increased utilization of low-energy building materials 1995

  • Since most of the blockwork of buildings is jointed and rendered in mortars that are richer than the mixes of the blocks, minor lapses in product quality could be tolerated.

    Chapter 10 1989

  • Place four steel anchors into the joint of the first or second course of the blockwork in such a way that they are opposite each other in pairs.

    4. Installation of a corrugated iron tank 1989

  • These protected gypsum plaster soil blocks developed sufficient strength to act as load bearing blockwork.

    Chapter 5 1987

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