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CLOTURE ECHALAS [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

In the southwestern United States and in Spanish America, a wall, stockade, or corral made up of small, undressed timbers set upright and lashed together or connected by stringers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Clôture jointive en échalas. (...) Les échalas, bois fendu dans le fil du bois formant des demi-ronds, peuvent être assemblés de la même façon avec un espacement assez réduit. Il se présentent alors en rouleaux. Ils peuvent être aussi cloués, jointifs ou espacés de 1 à 6 cm, sur des traverses horizontales pour former des panneaux rigides de 1,50 à 2 m de long en général de hauteur allant de 1 à 2 m, soit constante soit à hauteurs alternées pour effet décoratif. Les échalas peuvent former des panneaux à mailles losangées de 8 à 12 cm, par exemple.

Spanish

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