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Definition of Bondstone
1. n. A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.
Definition of Bondstone
1. Noun. A stone for bonding masonry to a similar backing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bondstone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bondstone
Literary usage of Bondstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... a bondstone passing through the whole thickness of a wall and showing on both
sides thereof, especially in a wall of squared stones or ashlar. ..."
2. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"In early work the band is constructional ; being a bondstone into which the
detached shafts were socketed. But in the thirteenth-century work of the nave of ..."
3. Transactions of the Geological Society of London by Geological Society of London (1816)
"... and passing through bondstone and Stringston Church to the point on the coast
where I have said the red rock begins, keeping a little to the north of ..."
4. The History of the Ancient Parish of Waltham Abbey, Or Holy Cross by Williams Winters (1888)
"The original bridge was of stone, with one broad span, similar in form, according
to the bondstone, to the old " Stoney Bridge." SUBTERRANEOUS PASSAGE. ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1920)
"(EB Skinner, P. 127) Bonder. In masonry, a stone or brick extending through a
wall nnd binding it together; a binding-stone. Also culled bondstone. ..."
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