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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

rubble drain: A drain constructed by filling a trench with rubble stones.  7, record 1, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 DEF

French drain: A type of drain consisting of an excavated trench filled with pervious material such as coarse sand, gravel or crushed stone, through whose voids water percolates and exfiltrates into the soil.  8, record 1, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 DEF

French drain: An underground passageway for water through the interstices among stones placed loosely in a trench.  9, record 1, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 DEF

French drain: A drain made of rocks.  10, record 1, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Since rubble drains are usually not connected to a sewage system they are sometimes referred to as "blind drains."  11, record 1, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Note that for some authors the French drain may also be filled with other material than rocks (tile); and for some, those material may also be placed over a drain tile rather than being placed loosely in the trench.  11, record 1, English, - rubble%20drain

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Conduit ou goulotte d'écoulement des eaux réalisé en pierres sèches.  6, record 1, French, - pierr%C3%A9e

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le principe de la tranchée drainante et de la pierrée est le même; seul diffère leur mode de construction. D'après les sources consultées, en effet, la pierrée est constituée uniquement de pierres, alors que la tranchée drainante comporte divers matériaux de remplissage.  7, record 1, French, - pierr%C3%A9e

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Le terme «drain français», d'emploi relativement courant au Canada, ne semble pas connu ailleurs et est qualifié d'anglicisme par certains.  8, record 1, French, - pierr%C3%A9e

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Malgré ce que dit la source ROBER 1985, ne pas confondre avec «perré», en anglais «rip-rap» (voir fiche).  7, record 1, French, - pierr%C3%A9e

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In an earth dam, a lens or stringer of coarse and more or less permeable material present as a result of poor construction, which may extend from the upstream face inward inward and afford opportunity for water to pass into, and possibly through, the dam. If the percolating water carries away sufficient fine material, failure of the dam may result.  2, record 2, English, - blind%20drain

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Amas de matériaux grossiers plus ou moins perméables provenant d'une construction médiocre de la face d'amont d'un barrage et qui permet à l'eau de s'infiltrer, au risque de faire s'écrouler l'ouvrage.  1, record 2, French, - poche%20d%27infiltration

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A drain without a perceptible outlet.  2, record 3, English, - blind%20drain

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Fossé de drainage souterrain rempli de pierres et sans point de sortie apparent.  1, record 3, French, - drain%20en%20pierre

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish