brandsolder

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Dutch brandzolder, from brand (“fire”) +‎ zolder (“loft, attic”).[1][2]

    Noun

    brandsolder (plural brandsolders)

    1. (South Africa) A layer of brick or clay added to a ceiling in a traditional South African house in order to protect against falling thatch in the case of a roof fire.
      • 1987, Graham Viney, Historic Houses of South Africa, New York, N.Y., London, Paris: Abbeville Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 104, column 1:
        The actual construction of the house was, of course, very much in the Cape Dutch tradition — random stone foundations, mud brick walls, a mud brandsolder and thatch roof.
    2. (South Africa, rare) A small attic or loft located immediately above such a ceiling layer.
      • 1950, In the Land of the Afternoon, H. B. Timmins, page 80:
        Search your attic or brandsolder, for a complete copy of Ritter's Almanac (with its cherubs which may have been cut by Thibault), would be worth as much as any Cape triangular.

    References

    1. ^ “brandsolder”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2025.
    2. ^ “brandsolder, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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