Stringcourse
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically to emphasize the junction between floors.
"Seismic improvements and strengthening interventions like inserting tie-rods or adding upper stringcourses, or horizontal bands, to the masonry can be designed case by case to meet specific weaknesses."
Example
More examples"Seismic improvements and strengthening interventions like inserting tie-rods or adding upper stringcourses, or horizontal bands, to the masonry can be designed case by case to meet specific weaknesses."
Etymology
From string + course.
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