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Record 1 2012-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stairs and Stairways
DEF

The treads without risers in a flight of stairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escaliers
CONT

Échelle de meunier. C'est le plus simple de tous les escaliers. On l'emploie pour accéder à la cave, au grenier et en général à tous les endroits dissimulés. Cet escalier est droit et ne comporte pas de contremarches, ni parfois de marche palière. Il se compose de deux limons [...] et de marches, avec ou sans nez mouluré [...] L'assemblage est obtenu par entaillage dans les limons [...]

Key term(s)
  • échelle-de-meunier

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Escaleras
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