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stringcourse

stringcourse noun: a thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically to emphasize the junction between floors.

stringcourse: a thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically...
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Noun

stringcourse (plural stringcourses)

  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.2007 September 4, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Italy, a Land of Earthquakes, Works to Protect the Priceless From the Unexpected”, in New York Times

Forms of stringcourse

pluralstringcourses
alternative formstring course

Origin of stringcourse

From string + course.

Questions about stringcourse

What does stringcourse mean?
Stringcourse means a thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically to emphasize the junction between floors.
What part of speech is stringcourse?
Stringcourse is a noun.
What is the plural of stringcourse?
The plural of stringcourse is stringcourses.

Words near stringcourse in the dictionary

  1. stringboard
  2. stringboards
  3. stringbog
  4. stringbogs
  5. stringbush
  6. stringcourse
  7. stringcourses
  8. stringed
  9. stringed instrument
  10. stringed instruments
  11. stringencies

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