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Record 1 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • Chimneys (Building Elements)
  • Meteorology
DEF

A guard, as a chimney cap, protecting against the wind.

Key term(s)
  • wind screen
  • windguard
  • wind-screen
  • wind-guard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Cheminées (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Lame inclinée adaptée à une fenêtre, une ouverture, une cheminée pour les protéger du vent, de la pluie.

CONT

[Un] abat-vent [est] posé sur [la] cheminée pour empêcher la pluie ou le vent de s'y engouffrer.

OBS

Pluriel : des abat-vent ou des abat-vents.

OBS

abat-vents : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • abat vent

Spanish

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