stringcourse

 [string-kawrs, -kohrs]  

string·course

   [string-kawrs, -kohrs]
noun Architecture.
a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
Also called belt course.

Origin:
1815–25; string + course
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Stringcourse is always a great word to know.
So is pyramid. Does it mean:
the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof
a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb in ancient Egypt
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