TERMIUM Plus^®

Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A] layer of gravel or crushed stone on an incline towards a drain to facilitate the evacuation of free water  1, record 1, English, - drainage%20bed

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Couche de gravier ou de pierraille sur un plan incliné vers un drain, facilitant l'évacuation libre de l'eau vers le drain.  1, record 1, French, - couche%20drainante

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

rubble drain: A drain constructed by filling a trench with rubble stones.  7, record 2, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 2, 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 2, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 DEF

French drain: An underground passageway for water through the interstices among stones placed loosely in a trench.  9, record 2, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 4 DEF

French drain: A drain made of rocks.  10, record 2, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 2, 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 2, English, - rubble%20drain

Record number: 2, 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 2, English, - rubble%20drain

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Conduit ou goulotte d'écoulement des eaux réalisé en pierres sèches.  6, record 2, French, - pierr%C3%A9e

Record number: 2, 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 2, French, - pierr%C3%A9e

Record number: 2, 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 2, French, - pierr%C3%A9e

Record number: 2, 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 2, French, - pierr%C3%A9e

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A wall of stone, metal, concrete, or wood at the end of a culvert or drain to serve one or all of the following purposes : protect fill from scour or undermining, increase hydraulic efficiency of conduit, divert direction of flow, retard disjointing of short sectional pipe, and serve as a retaining wall.  3, record 3, English, - head%20wall

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Mur en maçonnerie ou en béton, construit à l'extrémité d'amont d'une prise d'eau, parallèlement au canal d'alimentation, et contenant l'embouchure.  1, record 3, French, - mur%20d%27amont

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish