any of various arrangements of masonry units having a regular, recognizable, usually overlapping pattern to increase the strength and enhance the appearance of the construction.

a brickwork or masonry bond composed of overlapping stretchers. also called stretcher bond

a continuous course of soldiers in brickwork.

a brickwork or masonry bond having successive courses of stretchers with all head joints aligned vertically. also, stacked bond.

a brickwork bond having a course of headers between every five or six courses of stretchers. also called American bond.

a masonry unit specially formed or cut to finish a course or complete the bond at the corner of a wall. also, closure.

a continuous course of stretchers in brickwork.

a continuous course of headers in brickwork.

a continuous course of headers or bondstones overlapping more than one wythe of masonry.

a brickwork bond having alternate courses of headers and stretchers in which the headers are centered on stretchers and the joints between stretchers line up vertically in all courses.

a brick of half the normal width, used for completing a course or for spacing regular bricks. also, queen closure.

a modified English bond in which the head joints in the stretching courses are offset by half the length of a stretcher. also called Dutch bond.

a brickwork bond having alternating headers and stretchers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.

a three-quarter brick for finishing a course or for spacing regular bricks. also, king closure.

a modified Flemish bond having courses of alternate headers and stretchers alternating with stretching courses.

a brick having a darker end exposed as a header in patterned brickwork.

a form of Flemish cross bond in which the courses are offset to form a diamond pattern.

a brickwork bond for lightly loaded boundary walls, having a sequence of a header and three stretchers in each course, with each header being centered over a header in alternate courses.