blocking course

English

In this diagram from the "Masonry" entry in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, the blocking course is shown above a cornice
A corbeled blocking course

Noun

blocking course (plural blocking courses)

  1. (architecture) The finishing courseof a wall showing above a cornice.

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