Flemish bond
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Flemish bond
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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When Hejazi began work on it, he discovered that not only are the exterior walls brick — laid in a Flemish bond pattern — but so, too, are the thick interior walls.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2019
Until recently, Virginia’s celebration of its grand past glossed over the stain of slavery that marks every statue, parchment and Flemish bond facade.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2019
The six-term Rhode Island senator, who was best known for the Pell Grant program, bought the 1789 Flemish bond brick mansion in May 1961 from British socialites Willmott and Norma Bowler Lewis.
From Washington Post
With the Dutch fashions came in Flemish bond, in which, in each course, a header and a stretcher alternate.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various
The bricks are in nearly every instance laid up with the Flemish bond.
From Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 by Various
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