BRICKFIELDER

Etymology

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.

Source: Wiktionary

Brick"field`er, n. [Australia]

1.

Definition: Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north;

– now usually called southerly buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city.

2. By confusion, a midsummer hot wind from the north.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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