In the manner or direction of bricks, or with respect to bricks; often used in construction to describe patterns or arrangements of brick placement.
From 'brick' plus '-wise' (a suffix meaning direction, manner, or with respect to). The '-wise' suffix comes from Old English and appears in words like clockwise and lengthwise.
Brickwise arrangement is a crucial engineering detail—the specific pattern in which bricks are laid (called the 'bond' pattern) can significantly affect the wall's strength and how water drains from it!
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