stringcourse
A thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically to emphasize the junction between floors.
Noun
- 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...
Origin
From string + course.