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1. In masonry and bricklaying, the side of a masonry unit on which it lies in the course of the […]

A grandiose architectural style as taught at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris primarily in the 19th century, widely

A resin, beeswax, and shellac mixture used for filling small holes or cracks in wood or metal.

A wall capable of supporting an imposed load. Also called a structural wall or loadbearing wall.

A field or laboratory test to determine the bearing capacity of a soil sample, individual pile, pile foundation, or the

1. The maximum load that a column, footing, joint, or wall can sustain at failure, divided by the effective bearing

The rock or soil stratum (a) which carries the load transferred to it by a caisson, pile, or the like