Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
baia de chão batido
English translation:
stall with a dirt floor
Added to glossary by
Martin Riordan
Feb 3, 2012 03:33
12 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
baia de chão batido
Portuguese to English
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Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Uma das características de um criadouro de ovinos é presença de baia de chão batido.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | stall with a dirt floor | Martin Riordan |
4 | stall with flattened-down earth | Andrew Nimmo |
4 | tamped earth floor stall | Christina Paiva |
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Feb 13, 2012 09:57: Martin Riordan Created KOG entry
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stall with a dirt floor
Este é um termo muito usado para "chão batido".
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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2012-02-04 23:34:44 GMT)
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A "dirt" floor, depending on its environment (ex. a stall or pen for animals), could be made from a mixture of earth and small stones. It would normally be tamped (beaten down) at the time of being laid, and it provides a cheap and hard floor surface (with the advantage of absorbing moisture).
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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2012-02-04 23:34:44 GMT)
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A "dirt" floor, depending on its environment (ex. a stall or pen for animals), could be made from a mixture of earth and small stones. It would normally be tamped (beaten down) at the time of being laid, and it provides a cheap and hard floor surface (with the advantage of absorbing moisture).
Example sentence:
Sukita Crimmel, a “natural builder” in Portland, Ore., installs a dirt floor for a homeowner willing to forgo more traditional floorings like carpet or hardwood.
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stall with flattened-down earth
The idea, if I'm right, is that the presence of animals causes the ground/soil to be beaten down?
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tamped earth floor stall
If you are looking for a cheap way to make a hard floor in a foyer, in a shed, or *barn*, you may want to consider a *tamped earth floor*,
http://earthbagbuilding.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/how-to-make...
e nesta definição do Random House:
earth lodge - a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a **tamped earth floor**,
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