checkerwork

[ chek-er-wurk ]

noun

1. a pile of loosely stacked bricks in the regenerator of a regenerative furnace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of checkerwork¹

checker ¹ + work

Example Sentences

A checkerwork of rebel militias ran various chunks of Idlib at the time, and many areas of Binnish itself were under the control of a relatively moderate militia affiliated with the FSA entitled Liwaa Dawud.

From Forbes

John set to work at once, and I after him, rattling my rod in the checkerwork with all my strength, and pushing her in up to the hilt.

From Project Gutenberg

My first sensation, as I stepped off the ladder to the checkerwork inside the stove, was relief.

From Project Gutenberg

I learned on coming up that he was trying to tell me not to approach the combustion chamber adjoining the checkerwork.

From Project Gutenberg

The stove, as I said, looked like a very tall boiler: half was a long brick-lined flue, where the gas burned; half, a mass of brick checkerwork for retaining the heat.

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