Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Water table

A horizontal projecting stringcourse, molding or ledge placed so as to divert rainwater from a building

A projection of lower masonry on the outside of a wall slightly above the ground.

Cf., label, dripstone, hoodmold


Examples from Buffalo architecture:

Other examples:


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