string course

British  

noun

1. another name for cordon

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string course

A string course runs along the bottom of this gallery and forms the bases of the triple shafts; the bases are supported on corbels which die off upon the sloping wall below.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy

The gable stands back a little and has its base hidden by a parapet rising above a decorated string course.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)

Above the string course over the doorways is a Romanesque-looking arcade with another which fills the slope of the aisle walls, with animals standing at the ends.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

Sometimes these corbels carry a small arcade under the string course, the arches of which are pointed and trefoiled.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

A reeded ovolo and deeply cut and drilled denticulated member lend sufficient emphasis to the string course of the cornice.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank