string course
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A heavy cornice with prominent double denticulated string course or crenelated molding runs entirely around the room, tying the fireplace end of the room into the general scheme.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins
The crenellated gable parapet rises from a string course with five sculptured masks, and has plain shields on its battlements.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by G. H. (George Henry) Palmer
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
Only the cornice of the first stage remains intact, and this runs round the four limbs of the church like a string course in any Romanesque or Gothic building.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Arthur Dimock
A few feet above the door runs a billet-moulded string course, and two or three feet higher another and slighter course.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
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