Course
A row or layer of bricks in a loam-mould is termed a course of brick. A binding-course is one row of bricks set end in, to rest on the inner and outer course.
Crossing the course means to break the joints by setting the succeeding courses so that each brick shall be equally divided upon the two bricks upon which it is laid. Very strong moulds may be built by a strict observance of this rule, often rendering it unnecessary to make binding-plates. See BINDING-PLATES; LOAM-MOULDING.