string course

British  

noun

1. another name for cordon

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Example Sentences

String′-band, a band composed chiefly of stringed instruments; String′-board, a board which faces the well-hole of a staircase, and receives the ends of the steps; String′-course, a projecting horizontal course or line of mouldings running quite along the face of a building.—adj.

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Four grotesque Norman waterspouts break the string course between the cornice and a beautiful flat arcade under the arches, on which are half-length figures of saints and bishops.

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The top of each arch touches the string course, above which is the beautiful triforium.

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The mouldings are highly decorated with dog-toothing, and the string course between the triforium and the clerestory, as well as the moulding enclosing the clerestory windows, has this same ornament, which is freely used and produces a very rich effect.

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The window-sills of the latter are high, and there is a passage in front of them immediately above the tablement or string course over the pier arches.

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