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brick veneer en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A building construction technique in which an external, non-structural, brick wall conceals a structural wall of another material (such as timber or steel); the layer of covering thus produced.
   • The front has a brick veneer, and the back is sided in clapboard.
   • Many home buyers like the low maintenance and quality look of a brick veneer home. The veneer will never need painting; it will protect the house from wind (Figure 1); and if the work is done right, the veneer will last the lifetime of the house. 1997, Steven Bliss, Troubleshooting Guide to Residential Construction, page 74:
   • 2003, Ali M. Memari, Mohammad Aliaari, Ahmad A. Hamid, Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Anchored Brick Veneer Walls, Paul G. Johnson, Performance of Exterior Building Walls, page 115, Brick veneer walls are supported in most cases by shelf angles attached to the floor slab at each story and are supposed to carry only ther own weight and not participate in inplane lateral load resistance […] In this paper, it is discussed how the vertical differential movement between the brick veneer and the frame can close the gap between the underside of the shelf angle and the top course of brick, thus putting the brick veneer under high compressive stresses.
   • 2010, The Complete Guide to Masonry and Stonework, 3rd edition, Black & Decker, page 262, And because brick veneer does not require mortar, installation is well within the capabilities of interested homeowners.
2. (countable, metonymically, uncommon, uncountable) A building with such a veneer.
   • PRIMROSE CHAPEL DEDICATION. Primrose Chapel was organized 54 years ago. Those who organized it and stood faithfully by it in its infancy have nearly all passed to their heavenly reward. The old frame building served well its day and generation, but it had grown insufficient in capacity to accommodate the crowds that attended there regularly. A new and a larger church was badly needed. The new church is a brick veneer with a seating capacity of about three hundred. It is considered to be one of the finest rural churches in this State. It is lighted with a Delco and in all it cost about $7,000. It has a membership of 137, a Sunday school of 80, an Epworth League [chapter] of 93, and a wide-awake Ladies' Aid. 1921 November 3, “News of the churches [column]”, in Arkansas Methodist, volume 40, number 43, page 14:

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Coordinates

stucco · plaster · stone veneer · formstone · permastone

Hypernyms

masonry veneer · veneer