string course

A string course runs along the bottom of this gallery and forms the bases of the triple shafts; the bases are supported on corbels which die off upon the sloping wall below.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy

A little higher than the cross a string course traverses the front from north to south, crested with pointed cusps.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

Above the arcade was a string course carved with zig-zag ornament.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See by Bygate, Joseph E.

A heavy cornice with prominent double denticulated string course or crenelated molding runs entirely around the room, tying the fireplace end of the room into the general scheme.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank

A reeded ovolo and deeply cut and drilled denticulated member lend sufficient emphasis to the string course of the cornice.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank