struck joint

struck joint

[′strək ‚jȯint]

(civil engineering)

A mortar joint in brickwork formed by pressing the trowel in at the lower edge, so that a recess is formed at the bottom of the joint; suitable only for interior work.

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struck joint

A masonry joint from which excess mortar has been removed by a stroke of the trowel, leaving a flush joint; a weather-struck joint. See also: Mortar joint

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struck joint

struck joint, 2

1. A masonry joint from which excess mortar has been removed by a stroke of the trowel, leaving an approximately flush joint.

2. A horizontal masonry joint in which the

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