damp course

1. 1.

   a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building

   Synonymsdamp-proof course

   Broadercourse

Questions about damp course

What does damp course mean?

damp course means "a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building".

What is another word for damp course?

Close synonyms include damp-proof course. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is damp course a common word?

damp course is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.