Definitions For Brickfielder

Noun

BRICKFIELDER (plural BRICKFIELDERs) (Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.

Usage notes

The described nature of the brickfielder appears to vary by location, and perhaps has changed over time.

Etymology

From the location name w:brickfield hill, brickfield hill, after the hill in w:surry hills, new south wales, surry hills (now in inner sydney) from the direction of which a hot wind blew into Sydney in its early days. The term spread to melbourne by circa 1850, and to central Australia by circa 1900, then to western australia. 1999, Graham Seal, The Lingo: Listening to Australian English, w:university of new south wales press, university of new south wales press, {{ISBN, 086840-680-5}}, page 25.