string course

British  

noun

1. another name for cordon

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Example Sentences

Opposite side of arch, at end of the string course: Peasant in hood carrying a staff.

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

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

Next come two rows of a double interlacing fret, and then another string course, from which the second row of arcading springs.

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)

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.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.

There was also a heavy gold string course and bull-nose moulding similar to that on the palace; but, apart from that and the gold-tiled roof, there was no attempt at exterior decorative effect.

From Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Prout, Victor