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Bond patterns (continued)

English cross bond or

St. Andrew’s cross

bond =

Similar to English bond,

but the stretchers, in

alternating courses, have their joints displaced by

half the length of a stretcher.

Bond header =

In masonry, a bondstone that

extends the full thickness of the

wall (also called a throughstone).

In-and-out bond =

In masonry, a bond formed by headers and

stretchers alternating vertically, esp. when

formed at a corner, as by quoins.

Other bonds include:

Basketweave, Chinese, Dutch, Flying, Garden,

Monk, Raking stretcher, Rat-tap, Rowlock,

Silver-lock, Sussex and Yorkshire bonds.