Definition of "wythe" [wythe]

• A unit of thickness in masonry construction defined by the quantity of masonry units 4" or greater. (noun)

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• "Many brick manufacturers provide larger brick sizes to be used in a single wythe layer for load bearing."
• "Champyons, whose bloude wylle wythe thie waterres flowe,"
• "Depycte wythe skylledd honde upponn thie wyde aumere."