brickwork terminology

• Strecther is a masonry unit laid horizontally with the longer edge exposed or parallel to the surface
• Header is a masonry unit laid horizontally with the shorter end exposed or parallel to the surface
• Solder is a brick laid vertically with the longer edge face exposed
• Course is a continuous horizontal range of masonry units
• Bed joints is the horizontal joint between two masonry courses . THe term bed may refer to the underside of a masonry unit , or to the layer of mortar in which a masonry unit is laid
  
• Head joint is the vertical joint between two masonry units , perpendicular to the face of a wall