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(architecture) A thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically to emphasize the junction between floors..
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.
Use stringcourse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stringcourse means (architecture) A thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically to emphasize the junction between floors..
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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.
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