stretcher bond

noun

In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks or stones laid lengthwise in successive courses, the joints of the one falling at the middle of that above and below.

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Meanings

nounstretcher bond (countable and uncountable, plural stretcher bonds)

plural stretcher bonds

  1. countableuncountablebusinessIn bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks or stones laid lengthwise in successive courses, the joints of the one falling at the middle of that above and below.
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APA

stretcher bond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stretcher%20bond

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“stretcher bond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stretcher%20bond. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stretcher bond,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stretcher%20bond.

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