Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
arch barrels
French translation:
Fûts, culées.
English term
arch barrels
Arch barrels are built and filled with rubble.
2.
The abutments are erected to the base of the arches (springing).
5.
A road or railway line is built on the bridge.
3.
The arch frames are built.
They are either raised at the same time or individually if the abutments are wide enough.
6.
Parapet walls are built to protect bridge traffic.
* I am trying to find a glossary EN/FR
3 +1 | Fûts, culées. | Andrew Paul Kennett |
3 | voûte plein-cintre / voûte en berceau | florence metzger |
Oct 5, 2021 16:17: Andrew Paul Kennett Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Fûts, culées.
En cas de construction au-dessus de l'eau, l'eau est détournée dans le lit du cours d'eau afin que le gravier soit remplacé par un matériau résistant. Des fûts en arc sont construits et remplis de gravats.
voûte plein-cintre / voûte en berceau
disagree |
Daryo
: "des voûtes" built FIRST (before the foundations?) and filled with rubble?
16 hrs
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culée c'est abutment
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agree |
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
1 day 1 hr
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merci
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