This can be achieved through construction of reinforced masonry or reinforced concrete window frames. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
He searched the term masonry construction Seattle in order to find an expert to repair his chimney. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
As tension is relieved in masonry materials, cracks are formed. From Wordnik.com. [Cracks in masonry] Reference
Concrete chunks and broken brick and masonry is okay up to a point. From Wordnik.com. [more pavement?] Reference
In countries that are seismically stable, plain unreinforced masonry is used. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican House Construction - a Common Misunderstanding] Reference
The initial cost might be more than particleboard, etc. but for the local conditions masonry is much better. From Wordnik.com. [Kitchen Cabinets Lakeside?] Reference
These dimensions are quite remarkable in pueblo masonry, which is distinguished by the use of very small stones. From Wordnik.com. [Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
These sockets were placed in exterior Herodian masonry, which is visible high above the still-existing rockscarp. From Wordnik.com. [Ritmeyer Archaeological Design] Reference
The chamber is covered with a coating of ashlar masonry, which is shaped into an apsidal form at the end opposite to the façade. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference
Cracks in masonry: Mexico Living. From Wordnik.com. [Cracks in masonry] Reference
Plate LVII shows a type of masonry which is quite common in De Chelly. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198] Reference
It was walled inside with a strange kind of masonry like that which I saw St. Benedict working at in his first monastery. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary] Reference
"It is just this kind of masonry where the courses are irregular, and built up from the rock just as it came from the quarry.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island] Reference
Both have a curious kind of masonry, squares alternately of brick and stone. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine] Reference
It looks like the kind of masonry a customer would pay thousands of dollars for. From Wordnik.com. [The Gazette-Enterprise: News] Reference
Early English shaft was added on the top of this work the pressure became too great for such kind of masonry to bear. From Wordnik.com. [Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
This kind of masonry was continued for some time, repeated supplies of wood and mud being brought, and treated in the same manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West] Reference
She thought they might have misconstrued the word "masonry"; she looked in the dictionary, and the definition does indeed include bricks. From Wordnik.com. [Home | The New York Observer] Reference
In California we retrofit all of the masonry building. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Destruction] Reference
It is seven and one-half feet in diameter and lined with masonry. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
The broken edge of masonry where the door had been caught his eye. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
This area has a lot of masonry building, brick building, adobe building. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Destruction] Reference
Vecor is taking refuse from coal-fired power plants and turning it into masonry. From Wordnik.com. [Vecor Recycles Waste From Coal Plants Into Building Materials] Reference
In a moment the wall crumbled and they saw tons upon tons of the masonry melt away. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
I finally reached the centerpiece and opened its enormous door inset by ribbed masonry. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from De Imitatio Calembouri] Reference
The plant will produce rebar, steel rods used to reinforce concrete and masonry in buildings. From Wordnik.com. [Anshan's U.S. Investment Is in Doubt] Reference
These were very simple in their structure, being composed of whalers 'kettles, set in masonry. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Mr. Parker warned that continuing aftershocks could cause masonry to fall from damaged buildings. From Wordnik.com. [Two Injured in New Zealand Quake] Reference
The alabaster used for the incrustation of the masonry consists partly of blocks and partly of slabs. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
Some question whether paint can trap moisture in the masonry wall, especially in softer, more permeable old bricks. From Wordnik.com. [Leave that brush alone! Experts say masonry facades are 'happier unpainted.'] Reference
He said sometimes this is the longest part of the masonry process: trying to find a new brick that matches older ones. From Wordnik.com. [Brick facades are sturdy, but keeping them that way requires care] Reference
When they're closed everyone hears and the gaps they leave in the shelves when removed are like holes in the masonry. From Wordnik.com. [The Flight] Reference
Storr and other POWs wound up in a dark jail whose thick masonry walls oozed a damp chill that sank into their bruised bodies. From Wordnik.com. ['I Thought I Was Going To Die'] Reference
A nervous-looking reporter stood by the mammal house in front of bent iron bars, twisted steel doors, and crumbled masonry. From Wordnik.com. [True Love and the Giraffe] Reference
Experimenting with the big masonry oven burning apple-wood and oak, she made blueberry muffins, chocolate cones and the bread. From Wordnik.com. [In Mich., An Acclaimed Local Restaurant Closes] Reference
SEABROOK: Coughlin speaks of classical beauty - the Capitol building's chiseled detail, it's vaulted ceilings of heavy stone masonry. From Wordnik.com. [Plaques Honoring Slaves Placed In Congress] Reference
This foundation supports courses of pitched masonry on its side, and these protect the stone or gravel embankment, which forms a roadbed. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
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