stringcourse

[ string-kawrs, -kohrs ]

/ ˈstrɪŋˌkɔrs, -ˌkoʊrs /

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noun Architecture.

a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.

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Also called belt course, string .

Origin of stringcourse

First recorded in 1815–25; string + course

Words nearby stringcourse

string bag, string band, string bass, string bean, stringboard, stringcourse, stringed, stringed instrument, stringency, stringendo, stringent

How to use stringcourse in a sentence

Another stringcourse divides the triforium and clerestory, which has also round-arched windows of one light.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street
Parts of the original external stringcourse of the apse can be seen.
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough|W.D. Sweeting
Below the triforium a stringcourse of chevrons runs all along.
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough|W.D. Sweeting

British Dictionary definitions for stringcourse

string course

noun

another name for cordon (def. 4)

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