Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Stringcourse.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Stringcourse and, of course, Stringcourse synonyms and on the right images related to the word 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Constantinople's
Myrelaion Church (c. 920),
there are two
oculi above the
stringcourse on both
lateral facades.
Early examples of the
oculus in Renaissance...
-
Saint Catherine and
McGill College (from
ground level to the
second stringcourse),
apart from its two
corner entrances,
retain their original limestone...
- 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...
-
brackets that
surround the cornice.
Below the bays, the
corners of the
stringcourse are
filled by
bevelled sunbursts. The
slant bays have side
porches that...
- (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...
-
intersection of
Stirling Terrace and York Street. A
decorative frieze stringcourse is
found between the
ground and
first floors with
further horizontal...
- The
second floor has a graffito-painted
frieze between the
stringcourse and the
stringcourse, with five
windows similar to
those on the
first floor. The...
