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STOP LOG [2 records]

Record 1 2007-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

A log, plank, cut timber, or a steel or concrete beam fitting into end guides between walls or piers to close an opening in a dam or conduit to the passage of water.

OBS

The logs usually are handled or placed one at a time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Bille, planche, madrier, poutre d'acier ou de béton introduits temporairement dans des rainures prévues à cet effet sur les parois d'un barrage ou les berges d'un canal de façon à fermer une ouverture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Presas y calzadas elevadas
DEF

Muro más o menos estanco con que se aísla del agua una parte del terreno sumergido para construir o reparar las obras hidráulicas.

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Record 2 1981-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

A log, plank, cut timber, or a steel or concrete beam fitting into end guides between walls or piers to close an opening in a dam or conduit to the passage of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
CONT

Dans certains aménagements, un seul organe, intermédiaire entre la vanne et le batardeau (appelé parfois pour cette raison batardeau-vanne) remplit les fonctions d'isolement de la prise [d'eau].

Spanish

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