MEANING
A continuous horizontal band or course dividing or decorating a wall.
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Words that belong together
- stone stringcourse
- projecting stringcourse
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A stringcourse separated the two storeys.
Rain streaked the wall below the projecting stringcourse.
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Word forms
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- stringcourse
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular stringcourse; plural stringcourses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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