English bond

English bond
Masonry. a brickwork bond having alternate courses of headers and stretchers in which the headers are centered on stretchers and the joints between stretchers line up vertically in all courses. See illus. under bond.
[1815-25]

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      form of bonding courses of stones or bricks in walling. See bond.

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