Definitions For Wythe

Noun

WYTHE (plural WYTHEs) (masonry) A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness. : {{ux, en, That wall has to be at least three wythes of brick to support your load.}} (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of width.Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionary of English (2010), page 2051: "wythe /wɪθ, wɪð/ noun a single thickness of bricks in masonry construction. – origin early 18th cent. (as with): probably an alteration of WIDTH." Perhaps related to withe, , flexible twig; band of twigs, from {{inh, en, ang, wiþþe, , tie, band}}. The chimney-partition sense may derive from the fact that a single wythe or thickness of brick has often been used for such partitions.