Definition of Stringcourse. Meaning of Stringcourse. Synonyms of Stringcourse

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Definition of Stringcourse

Stringcourse
Stringcourse String"course` (-k[=o]rs`), n. (Arch.) A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.

Meaning of Stringcourse from wikipedia

- A belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall. Set in line with window sills...
- A course is a layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall. It can also be defined as a continuous row of any masonry unit such as bricks, concrete...
- moulding, or the wallspace bounded by adjacent arches in an arcade and the stringcourse or moulding above them, or the space between the central medallion of...
- Saint Catherine and McGill College (from ground level to the second stringcourse), apart from its two corner entrances, retain their original limestone...
- Constantinople's Myrelaion Church (c. 920), there are two oculi above the stringcourse on both lateral facades. Early examples of the oculus in Renaissance...
- penthouses. Balustrade stringcourses define the division of the base from the body and the body from the top. Each window above the stringcourse is capped with...
- (architecture) and wrought-iron railing. Capping the base is a projecting stringcourse which is decorated with a wave molding on the center and end pavilions...
- on human scale. This tripartite division is emphasized by horizontal stringcourses that divide the building into stories of decreasing height. The transition...
- rough cut peachblow sandstone, which continues around the building as a stringcourse and water table. Sandstone also forms a frieze, interrupted by the windows...
- walls are articulated by chamfered joints, rising to an overhanging stringcourse. The limestone walls of the upper stories are smooth in contrast, but...