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Record 1 1990-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
OBS

No confirmation found in English sources. The only confirmation found was for the term "top-out" (see record).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
DEF

Cérémonie qui marque l'achèvement de la construction d'un grand immeuble.

OBS

Coutume existant dans certaines régions, notamment en Suisse et dans les pays anglo-saxons, en vertu de laquelle on cloue un sapin au faîte d'une construction lorsque la charpente est terminée.

OBS

clouer le sapin : Au milieu de l'été, on cloua le sapin.

OBS

Le terme «clôture du chantier», fait pendant à «inauguration» ou à «ouverture du chantier» (en anglais, «sod-turning ceremony»).

Spanish

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