cross bond
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cross bond
[′krȯs ‚bänd] (civil engineering)
A masonry bond in which a course of alternating lengthwise and endwise bricks (Flemish bond) alternates with a course of bricks laid lengthwise.
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cross bond
A brick bond with courses of Flemish bond with alternating courses of stretchers and with the joints of every other row of stretchers centered on a vertical line of headers.

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cross bond
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