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Record 1 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Materials
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

A thin, usually rectangular, piece of certain varieties of stone which split readily into laminae, used especially for the purpose of covering the roofs of buildings.

OBS

slate: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Élément de couverture d'un bâtiment obtenu par taille d'un schiste ardoisier selon ses plans de clivage.

CONT

Les ardoises de couvertures sont constituées par des éléments plans de formats divers, généralement rectangulaires ou carrés, ou de forme spéciale (ogive, écaille).

OBS

Le mot «ardoise» employé seul doit désigner exclusivement toute plaque de couverture tirée du schiste ardoisier.

OBS

ardoise : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de construcción
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
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