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

bondless
bondmaid
bondmaiden
bondmaidens
bondmaids
bondman
bondmen
bonds
bondservant
bondservants
bondslave
bondslavery
bondslaves
bondsman
bondsmen
bondstone (current term)
bondstones
bondswoman
bondswomen
bonduc
bonduc nut
bonduc tree
bonducs
bondwoman
bondwomen
bone-ash cup
bone-chilling
bone-covered
bone-crunching

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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