Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ourlets de terre
English translation:
mounds of earth
Added to glossary by
Miranda Joubioux (X)
Feb 1, 2013 15:47
11 yrs ago
French term
Miranda Joubioux (X)
ourlets de terre
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Botany
target=uk
L’irrigation est réalisée par infiltration ; installés sur des ourlets de terre (ou billons), les jeunes plants puisent l’eau qui circule dans les creux selon leurs besoins.
In reference to the botanical gardens in Bordeaux.
L’irrigation est réalisée par infiltration ; installés sur des ourlets de terre (ou billons), les jeunes plants puisent l’eau qui circule dans les creux selon leurs besoins.
In reference to the botanical gardens in Bordeaux.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +1 | mounds of earth |
Claire Cox
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| 4 +1 | ridges and mounds (technique) |
Gabriella Bertelmann
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| 4 | earth field margins |
Catharine Cellier-Smart
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| 5 -2 | the slopes |
Salih YILDIRIM
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| 2 | ridges |
Wendy Streitparth
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References
| bands rather than mounds? |
rkillings
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Proposed translations
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39 mins
Claire Cox
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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French & German Technical Translations
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mounds of earth
Looking at old hedge planting guidelines, I wonder whether it is just referring to a mound of earth with ditches at either side for irrigation?
Land Registry Searches: Boundaries: Legal Presumptions
www.landsearch.net/presumptions.asp
Where two properties are divided by a hedge (or bank) and a ditch the boundary ... ditch within his own boundaries and planted a hedge on the mound of earth ...
DEVON'S HEDGES - Devon County Council
www.devon.gov.uk/historichedgeswithimagesatlowerres.pdf
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typical hedge in west Devon as, 'a mound of earth, eight…ten…feet wide at the base…and nearly as much in height…It is covered in coppice woods…which are ...
Land Registry Searches: Boundaries: Legal Presumptions
www.landsearch.net/presumptions.asp
Where two properties are divided by a hedge (or bank) and a ditch the boundary ... ditch within his own boundaries and planted a hedge on the mound of earth ...
DEVON'S HEDGES - Devon County Council
www.devon.gov.uk/historichedgeswithimagesatlowerres.pdf
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
typical hedge in west Devon as, 'a mound of earth, eight…ten…feet wide at the base…and nearly as much in height…It is covered in coppice woods…which are ...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, mounds with the ridges each side. How most things are planted, it means the roots are not waterlogged or indeed the whole principle of ploughing
23 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Claire."
15 mins
Wendy Streitparth
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4
ridges
billon = ridge
Note from asker:
| Hi Wendy. I found ridge for "billon" but since I have to translate this word too, it doesn't help. In addition, I'm not sure that it is a straight synonym, but more of an explanation. |
20 mins
Catharine Cellier-Smart
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earth field margins
'Billons' can be translated as 'ridges' ('ridged field margins'?).
cf. Termium.
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Note added at 23 mins (2013-02-01 16:11:17 GMT)
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"Field margins were the scarcest but the most positively selected habitat, and different stages of cereals cultivated following traditional practices were selected depending on the breeding and agriculture cycles. Effects of irrigation were dual. While irrigated maize and other crop types were avoided, alfalfa was used in proportion to its availability and later highly selected after harvesting. Moreover, field margins in irrigated land were selected in a similar way than in traditional dry farmland. Therefore, although maintaining low-intensity farming is still the main recommendation for this species, new management options arise when social pressure makes irrigation unavoidable. Further agri-environmental schemes in these circumstances should thus promote cultivation of alfalfa with a low input of biocides while avoiding maize, together with increasing field margins, to make compatible irrigation with lesser kestrel conservation."
http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/57749?locale=en
"Arable field margins"
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/biodiv...
cf. Termium.
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Note added at 23 mins (2013-02-01 16:11:17 GMT)
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"Field margins were the scarcest but the most positively selected habitat, and different stages of cereals cultivated following traditional practices were selected depending on the breeding and agriculture cycles. Effects of irrigation were dual. While irrigated maize and other crop types were avoided, alfalfa was used in proportion to its availability and later highly selected after harvesting. Moreover, field margins in irrigated land were selected in a similar way than in traditional dry farmland. Therefore, although maintaining low-intensity farming is still the main recommendation for this species, new management options arise when social pressure makes irrigation unavoidable. Further agri-environmental schemes in these circumstances should thus promote cultivation of alfalfa with a low input of biocides while avoiding maize, together with increasing field margins, to make compatible irrigation with lesser kestrel conservation."
http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/57749?locale=en
"Arable field margins"
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/biodiv...
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25 mins
Salih YILDIRIM
United States
United States
United States
Meticulous, scrupulous, curious work!
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Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, French to Turkish, and 1 more.
the slopes
I'd define like this!
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Kim Metzger
: http://www.futura-sciences.com/fr/definition/t/developpement...
2 mins
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| disagree |
Cetacea
: "ourlets" are not slopes; nothing to do with "premier étage végétal".
22 hrs
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1 hr
Gabriella Bertelmann
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ridges and mounds (technique)
as an organic gardener this is the technique I use to prepare the soil and guide the water supply -
from your sentence this is the image I got, but you have more context, of course - hope this is helpful
see an explanation of the technique below
from your sentence this is the image I got, but you have more context, of course - hope this is helpful
see an explanation of the technique below
Reference comments
4 hrs
Reference:
bands rather than mounds?
In this (Swiss) source, it would appear that 'ourlets' in this context may be elongated, like the 'billons' associated with ploughed furrows.
http://www.srva.ch/scripts/publications/info.php?id=300
excerpt:
"L'ourlet riche en espèces: Habitat précieux et élément de réseau parmi les cultures
(Les ourlets sont des bandes extensives de végétation herbacée situées le long de terres ouvertes, de surfaces herbagères permanentes ou de cultures pérennes. Ils peuvent avoir un aspect similaire aux ourlets naturels qui se développent le long des cours d'eau et des lisières de forêt. Avant d'être ensemencées, les surfaces doivent avoir été utilisées comme terres assolées ou pour des cultures pérennes...)."
http://www.srva.ch/scripts/publications/info.php?id=300
excerpt:
"L'ourlet riche en espèces: Habitat précieux et élément de réseau parmi les cultures
(Les ourlets sont des bandes extensives de végétation herbacée situées le long de terres ouvertes, de surfaces herbagères permanentes ou de cultures pérennes. Ils peuvent avoir un aspect similaire aux ourlets naturels qui se développent le long des cours d'eau et des lisières de forêt. Avant d'être ensemencées, les surfaces doivent avoir été utilisées comme terres assolées ou pour des cultures pérennes...)."
Note from asker:
| I think you are right in bringing this up. This definition of 'ourlet' certainly brings to mind 'bands' and fits the definitions I have found. However in my context where we are dealing with irrigation, I think "mounds" is probably fine. |
Discussion
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