Hack (masonry)

Hack (masonry)

A hack is a row of stacked green (unfired) bricks protected from the rain by a covering of straw, slates or special wooden hack covers, the sides protected by mats or planks.

References

* Connolly, Andrew. "Life in the Victorian Brickyards of Flintshire and Denbigshire", p34. 2003, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch.


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