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Record 1 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Civil Engineering
DEF

A wall composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds.

OBS

Random Rubble: masonry composed of roughly shaped stones, well bonded and brought at irregular vertical intervals to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses. Rough or Ordinary Rubble: masonry composed of nonshaped field stones laid without regularity of coursing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Génie civil
CONT

Reconstitution ou création d'un mur en moellons. (...) Disposition des moellons. (...) a- de même taille et épaisseur, b- de taille disparate avec assise constante, c- de taille disparate sans assise constante, d- en opus incertum.

DEF

"Mur de moellons" : Mur constitué de pierres de construction maniables en raison de leur forme et de leur poids.

Spanish

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