English bond

American  

noun

1. Masonry. a brickwork bond having alternate courses of headers and stretchers in which the headers are centered on stretchers and the joints between stretchers line up vertically in all courses.

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English bond British  

noun

1. a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers

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Etymology

Origin of English bond

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The north wall is unusual because its brick is partially laid in English bond and is believed to be the only instance of such bonding in an older building in Washington.

From Washington Post

The example illustrates the principle of English bond; thicker walls are constructed in the same manner by an extension of the same methods.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

In buildings erected for manufacturing and similar purposes, and in engineering works where the greatest degree of strength and compactness is considered of the highest importance, English bond should have the preference.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Now brick for an edifice, usually laid in English bond, where the courses are alternately headers and stretchers, is still another English medieval method of construction, which became popular in Virginia.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee

English bond is the method which we find followed in ancient brickwork in this country.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various