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mur pignon [2 records]

Record 1 2013-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Engineering (Military)
DEF

The protective front wall of an earth-covered magazine.

OBS

headwall: term and definition officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie construction (Militaire)
DEF

Mur avant d'un magasin recouvert de terre, conçu pour le protéger.

OBS

mur de tête : terme et définition uniformisés par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

An end-wall crowned by a gable.

OBS

Gable: Often used loosely to mean the gable wall, or even the end wall of a narrow flat roofed building.

OBS

Gable end: A gable. Often used loosely to mean the gable wall; that end of the building which includes the gable.

OBS

gable wall: Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Face latérale de bâtiment n'ayant aucune ouverture importante et dont la partie supérieure épouse la forme du comble à une ou plusieurs pentes.

DEF

Mur comportant une pointe de pignon.

OBS

Pignon : Partie supérieure, de forme triangulaire, d'un mur [...] Par extension, la totalité de ce mur.

OBS

Le terme «mur pignon» correspond également au terme anglais «end wall».

OBS

mur pignon : Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paredes y mamparas
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Muro que termina en forma triangular; [...]

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