Stringcourse

Origin

string + course

Full definition of stringcourse

Noun

1. (architecture) A thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically to emphasize the junction between floors.
• 2007, September 4, Elisabetta Povoledo, Italy, a Land of Earthquakes, Works to Protect the Priceless From the Unexpected, Seismic improvements and strengthening interventions like inserting tie-rods or adding upper stringcourses, or horizontal bands, to the masonry can be designed case by case to meet specific weaknesses.