Definition of Bondstones

1. Noun. plural of bondstone ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bondstones

1. bondstone [n] - See also: bondstone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bondstones

bondmaid
bondmaiden
bondmaidens
bondmaids
bondman
bondmen
bonds
bondservant
bondservants
bondslave
bondslavery
bondslaves
bondsman
bondsmen
bondstone
bondstones (current term)
bondswoman
bondswomen
bonduc
bonduc nut
bonduc tree
bonducs
bondwoman
bondwomen
bone-ash cup
bone-chilling
bone-covered
bone-crunching
bone-dry

Literary usage of Bondstones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Suburban Cottage: Its Design and Construction by William Burnet Tuthill (1891)
"In all rubble work the mortar should be of the best quality, as the strength of the walls in large measure depends upon it. "Headers'" or bondstones ..."

2. Notes on Building Construction by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1875)
"114, except that the headers or bondstones are each of the full depth of the course in which they occur, the intervals between them being filled in with ..."

3. History of the Tower Bridge and of Other Bridges Over the Thames Built by by Charles Welch (1894)
"... by bondstones, vertical and horizontal, that it is well fitted to resist the horizontal thrust. The entire length of the bridge is 700 feet, ..."

4. Index to the Reports of the Tests of Metals and Other Materials Made with ...by United States Army. Ordnance Dept by United States Army. Ordnance Dept (1913)
"... 1:2 mortar 1884 119 Do 1886 1707 Do 1891 739 Bluestone cap and base 1884 237 bondstones 1886 1738 Diagrams 1884 123 Do 1886 1742 Efficiency of piers ..."

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