Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
allège
English translation:
breast, breast wall, window breast
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Gayle Wallimann
Nov 8, 2004 13:55
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French term
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allège
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This is the part of the wall situated between a window sill and the floor.
Anybody know what it's called in English?
Anybody know what it's called in English?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | breast, breast wall, window breast |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 +1 | apron wall |
Florence Bremond
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| 2 | "basement (of a window)" |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Change log
Oct 12, 2007 21:52: Gayle Wallimann changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/39365">Laura Robertson's</a> old entry - "al�ge"" to ""breast, breast wall, window breast""
Oct 12, 2007 21:53: Gayle Wallimann changed "Term asked" from "al�ge" to "allège"
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
alège
Selected
breast, breast wall, window breast
breast (1), chimney breast . A projection of a wall into a room containing the flue ...
(2) The wall under a window sill, down to the floor
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Building]
breast. 1. A projecting part of a wall, as at a chimney. 2. That portion of wall between the floor and the window above ...
[Dict. of Architecture & Constrution, ed. Cyril M Harris, McGHill]
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Note added at 1 hr 33 mins (2004-11-08 15:28:57 GMT)
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I allege it should be aLLège.
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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2004-11-08 15:34:01 GMT)
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Both dictionaries quoted concur that an apron wall, aka spandrel wall, is the portion of wall between the top of one window and the bottom of the window above, i.e. potentially rather deeper than a breast wall.
(2) The wall under a window sill, down to the floor
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Building]
breast. 1. A projecting part of a wall, as at a chimney. 2. That portion of wall between the floor and the window above ...
[Dict. of Architecture & Constrution, ed. Cyril M Harris, McGHill]
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Note added at 1 hr 33 mins (2004-11-08 15:28:57 GMT)
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I allege it should be aLLège.
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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2004-11-08 15:34:01 GMT)
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Both dictionaries quoted concur that an apron wall, aka spandrel wall, is the portion of wall between the top of one window and the bottom of the window above, i.e. potentially rather deeper than a breast wall.
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Florence Bremond
France
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Works in: English to French, French
French term (edited):
alège
apron wall
It's the English equivalent afaik
"Apron Wall. That part of a panel wall between the window sill and the support of the panel wall. "
http://www.contractorreferral.com/cgi-bin/glossary/glossary....
Anyway you couldn't find the word in a dictionary as there's a spelling mistake in the French
"Apron Wall. That part of a panel wall between the window sill and the support of the panel wall. "
http://www.contractorreferral.com/cgi-bin/glossary/glossary....
Anyway you couldn't find the word in a dictionary as there's a spelling mistake in the French
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
2 mins
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| agree |
David Goward
35 mins
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| disagree |
Bourth (X)
: That's a spandrel wall, see below.
1 hr
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3 hrs
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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French term (edited):
alège
"basement (of a window)"
according to Robert & Collins
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