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stringcourse

[ string-kawrs, -kohrs ]

noun

, Architecture.
  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of stringcourse1

First recorded in 1815–25; string + course
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Example Sentences

Another stringcourse divides the triforium and clerestory, which has also round-arched windows of one light.

Parts of the original external stringcourse of the apse can be seen.

Below the triforium a stringcourse of chevrons runs all along.

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