Brick hod
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A brick hod is a three-sided box for carrying bricks or other building materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder. A hod is usually long enough to accept four bri
Twin brothers Albert and Ebenezer Fox each holding a hod
Bricklayer
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A bricklayer, which is related to but different from a mason, is a craftsperson and tradesperson who lays bricks to construct brickwork. The terms also refer to personnel who use blocks to construct b
Brick hod
…in the building industry. Typically the hod carrier or 'hoddie' will be employed by a bricklaying team in a supporting role to the bricklayers. Two bricklayers for each hod carrier is typical. A hoddie's duties might include wetting the mortar boards on the scaffolding, prior to fetching bricks from the delivery…
Bricklayer apprentice practising at Kuben Vocational Arena in Oslo, Norway
A team of bricklayers preparing to lay courses of bricks (1917)