noun
- a stone that extends through the full thickness of a wall to bind the inner and outer faces together
Usage: architecture; masonry
Examples
- The mason carefully placed bondstones at regular intervals to strengthen the wall.
- Without proper bondstones, the two faces of the stone wall might separate over time.
- Each bondstone was cut to span the entire width of the thick castle wall.
- The architect specified bondstones every three feet for structural integrity.
- Ancient builders used bondstones to create walls that would last for centuries.
- The restoration required replacing several damaged bondstones in the foundation.