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English bond

noun

  1. 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.

English bond

noun

  1. a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers

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Origin of English bond1

First recorded in 1815–25

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