Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

деревянный желоб

English translation:

wooden chute

Added to glossary by Arkadi Burkov
Apr 11, 2006 16:38
18 yrs ago
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Russian term

деревянный желоб

Russian to English Other Geology
санно-бобслейную трассу собираются построить на месте старого деревянного желоба, который уже давно не функционирует

Is this simply a 'chute' made of wood, or is there a particular term that I cannot find?
Thanks in advance

Proposed translations

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wooden chute

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Coney Island 1949 - Bobsled
The Bobsled was moved to Coney Island from the 1939 World's Fair. The Bobsled tobaggan coaster ran in a steeply banked wooden chute. ...
naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/coneyisland/mapsdocs/con49-map4.htm - 2k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

Coney - Second Steeplechase.
It was a bobsled ride where a train of two passenger cars on swiveling rubber wheels ran through a cylindrical wooden chute made of cypress wood. ...
naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/ConeyIsland/articles/steeplechase2.htm - 53k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result
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The Miller and Bartlett Flying Turns
Bartlett's early plan was for toboggan-like cars on castor wheels traveling down and through a twisting, trackless wooden chute resembling a bobsled course. ...
home.nyc.rr.com/johnmiller/turns.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

Euclid Beach Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... came to North America after the war with an idea for a trackless wooden chute, full of twists like a bobsled course, with toboggan-like cars. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid_Beach_Park - 29k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result
Peer comment(s):

agree Kirill Semenov
2 mins
agree Sergei Tumanov
3 hrs
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6 mins

wooden chute

No hidden meaning here, I suppose. :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Arkadi Burkov
3 mins
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1 hr

wooden flume

Since the subject was Geology, it could be a wooden flume if that is relevant in your case. Otherwise, I agree with Rikaradi and Kirill

Graphic - The evolutin of mining (150k)
4. Particles of gold lodge in the riffles of a lower box while sand washes away. 5. The final separation is done by panning. Wooden flume widens at one end. ...
www.calgoldrush.com/graphics/evolution.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages - Filter

The Californian Gold District-Kanaha Bar
... channel into a wooden flume or aqueduct laid on the rocks at the side of the river. ... In the second bar, a little gold may be found, but not much; ...
malakoff.com/tccgdkb.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages - Filter

Rockerville
A life that would be glistened with gold, and riches beyond ones wildest dreams ... that point constructing a huge wooden flume tunneling through the hills, ...
www.thegaslightrestaurant.com/rockerville.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages - Filter

Rogue River National Forest Gin Lin Mining Trail User Groups ...
In 1848 the cry of "Gold!" swept through the country. ... and deposited in piles at the end of a wooden flume (similar to a sluice box but lacking riffles). ...
www.fs.fed.us/r6/rogue/trails_ginlin.html
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