| 单词 | rowlock course |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrowlock course 1. attributive. Designating brickwork in which each brick is laid with its smallest face showing in the face of the wall, with its shortest edge running horizontally. Frequently in rowlock arch, rowlock course. ΚΠ 1860 Laws State N.Y., Passed 83rd Session of Legislature 921 A good timber lintel..shall be cut in such a manner as to turn a good double rolock arch over it; and all arches over any opening or fire places, shall be built of good hard brick. 1898 A. P. Folwell Sewerage 205 Where pipe-connections enter a sewer or manhole ‘bull's-eyes’ shall be constructed by laying rowlock courses of brick around them. 1904 H. P. Gillette Rock Excavation xvi. 340 The bricks were laid in rowlock bond. 1999 B. H. Bradley Works 234 Segmental and round arches were sometimes laid as rowlock arches, formed of small bricks laid in concentric rings. 2004 S. A. Mouzon & S. M. Henderson Trad. Constr. Patterns 18 Rowlock courses were also used to tie two wythes of brick together. < as lemmas |
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