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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

ogive

English translation:

pointed arch or ogive

Added to glossary by Wendy Cummings
Mar 16, 2009 08:58
15 yrs ago
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French term

ogive

French to English Science Agriculture greenhouse construction
Information being collected for a survey about greenhouses:

Les renseignements demandés permettent de connaître : l’année de construction, le type d’abris (serre verre, multichapelle double paroi gonflable …), matériau couverture (verre martelé ou cathédrale, plastique souple ….) type de chapelle (monochapelle, ogive …. ;)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 pointed arch or ogive
References
ogive

Discussion

Peter Shortall Mar 16, 2009:
A bigger Gothic arch greenhouse Conley's Arch Series 6500 - an industry tradition, the Gothic Arch design is functional at both shedding snow and combating overhead drip. http://www.igcusa.com/green-house-arch.html (I've found other examples too, try Googling and add something like "crops" to your search string)
Ellen Kraus Mar 16, 2009:
pointed arch-shape for greenhouses "pointed arch shape for greenhouses" see my additionally provided link.
Wendy Cummings (asker) Mar 16, 2009:
scale Note that the document is talking about commercial-scale crop production
Peter Shortall Mar 16, 2009:
Pictures of various styles http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1105/images/fig.1.jpeg
Peter Shortall Mar 16, 2009:
Gothic arch? Apparently there's a company that does "Gothic arch greenhouses", but I'm not sure yet whether it's a proprietary name... see link below:

Gothic Arch greenhouses are similar to the Quonset style, except that the sides are usually straighter and the curved roof is pointed on top. They often have a beautiful shape and are one of the more aesthetically pleasing greenhouse styles. http://www.greenhousebuyersguide.com/types.html
Wendy Cummings (asker) Mar 16, 2009:
I'd managed to determine the type of shape an "ogive" is, but I want to see if there is a specific word used to describe greenhouses of this shape

Proposed translations

+4
15 mins
Selected

pointed arch or ogive

ogive is known in English, too

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Note added at 52 Min. (2009-03-16 09:51:51 GMT)
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PLASTIC - FILM - GREENHOUSES DISADVANTAGES - DEMANDS - TYPES ... - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
The most used shapes of film greenhouses are saddle roof a;»shed-roof b; round arch c; round arch with vertical side-wall d; pointed arch with sloping ...
www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=154_34 -
Peer comment(s):
agree Miranda Joubioux (X)
7 mins
thank you !
agree Helen Shiner : or Gothic arch
16 mins
thank you, Helen !
agree Raoul COLIN (X) : the Conley page shows also a greenhouse called gothic arch greenhouse
15 hrs
thank you !
agree Andrée Goreux : Ogive is perfectly OK.
16 hrs
tjaml you !
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Reference comments

21 mins
Reference:

ogive

1. In general, a pointed arch.
2. Strictly, the diagonal rib in Gothic vaults.
Harris - Dictionary of Architecture and Construction.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Helen Shiner
9 mins
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