Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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OUTBAND, n. Also outban, and anglicised forms outbo(u)nd. In building: a quoin or jamb stone used for bonding, with its long side lying along the main wall face, and its short side in the return or reveal, a stretcher (Sc. 1952 Builder (20 June) 942). Also attrib., and in phr. out-and in-bond, alternate headers and stretchers in the angles of walls and of window and door jambs (Sc. 1842–76 Gwilt Archit. Gl., 1946 Spons' Practical Builders' Pocket-Bk. 441). Cf. Inband. [′utbɑn(d)]Per. 1769 Letter in Atholl MSS.:
The Chimneys of Attick Story . . . the sides of them as we call them outband and inband Rebbits.Kcd. 1853–5 Trans. Highl. Soc. 35:
All corners, outband door and window rybats, to be 26 inches in length, and squared on the ends; and inband rybats to go through the walls.Sc. 1869 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. I. 564:
The jambs (rebats, Scottice) of the doors and windows also of stones, two feet long and one foot broad, all built regularly — stretcher and header (out and in bond, Scottice) alternately.Sc. 1952 Edb. Ev. Dispatch (10 Oct.) 8:
The rybats which form the sides of the window-openings in most stone buildings are long and short alternately along the face of the wall. The short-faced rybats are called “inbands” (they bond into the backing) and the long ones are “outbands.”
