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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.

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

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