redbrick

red·brick  (rdbrk)

adj.

Of, relating to, or being the British universities other than Oxford and Cambridge.

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[So-called because many of the buildings of such universities were built of red bricks.]

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redbrick

Adjective

(of a British university) founded in the late 19th or early 20th century

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

redbrick - of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century red-brick university - establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom modern - belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"