Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Saw tooth

Sawtooth pattern

Saw tooth course: a course of headers laid at a 45 degree angle to the main face.

Saw tooth: Having a jagged or zigzag pattern, outline, or course.

Saw tooth roof: A roof system having a number of parallel roof surfaces of triangular section with a profile similar to the teeth in a saw; usually the steeper side is glazed [glass] and often faces north.

Sawtooth shingle

Bricks - main dictionary entry

• Illustration above:   Health Sciences Charter School/ St. Vincent's Orphanage
  
  
•   1719 Main Street   Wooden shingles
  
  
•  Frank Hamlin House   Brick course
  
  
•  Dietel Gym, Health Sciences Charter School  Brick course
  
  
• 1 North Pearl Street  Brick course

Other examples:

•  San Francisco "painted lady"
  
  
• Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy

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