stringcourse
a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
Origin of stringcourse
1- Also called belt course, string .
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How to use stringcourse in a sentence
The string-course at the spring of the round head runs without a break from one to the other.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyOver 17 this, a string-course runs uninterruptedly round the choir just below the windows.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyYou've but to slide down my leg to the parapet: and from the parapet you can jump right on to the string-course under the clock.
Wandering Heath | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchNear the modern lighthouse stands a tall, hexagonal tower, built of chalk in four stories, with a string course between each.
Yorkshire Painted And Described | Gordon HomeA moulded string-course, with gargoyles, runs below the parapet, which is a continuation of the plain coping on the western bays.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon | Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
British Dictionary definitions for string course
another name for cordon (def. 4)
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