The process of building or constructing something with bricks, or the act of facing a surface with bricks.
From 'brick' (a rectangular block of clay) plus the suffix '-ing'. The verb 'brick' developed in Middle English from Old Norse 'brikka', and the gerund form emerged as brick construction became a common building practice.
Bricking has been literally shaping human civilization for over 10,000 years—the oldest fired bricks date to 7500 BCE in Turkey, and the term 'bricking' captures that ancient yet ongoing revolution in how we build shelter.
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