shift joint

shift joint
noun
: a vertical building joint so placed as to come above a solid member of the course below; also : the process of forming such a joint

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shift joint,
in masonry:
1. the placing of a stone or brick so that the vertical joints will come over the solid members of the course below.
2. the stone or brick so placed.

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