Etymology

briquetage

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Today it means: burnt-clay remains associated with historical salt production. Full definition →

French briquetage
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  1. French · borrowed frombriquetage“brickwork”
  2. English todaybriquetage

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

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