(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.
cross bond
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(′krös ′bänd)
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A masonry bond in which courses of Flemish bond alternate with courses of stretchers; the joints in the courses above and below the stretchers are opposite the centers of the stretchers.
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