Französisch: Acrotéres (toitures, étanchéité)Englisch translation: parapet walls, parapets 
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| Glossareintrag (aus Frage unten abgeleitet) | | Französisch Begriff oder Satz: | Acrotéres (toitures, étanchéité) | | Englisch Übersetzung: | parapet walls, parapets | | Eingetragen von: | Margaret Hander |
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Tech/Engineering - Bauwesen/Hochbau/Tiefbau | | Französisch Begriff oder Satz: Acrotéres (toitures, étanchéité) | Look at the pictures on the left of this web page. The ACROTéRES are the little wall sort of things that go along the edge of the roof or terrace, but what could they be called in English...
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| | parapet walls, parapets | Erklärung:
parapet - A low wall standing above a roof, on top of either an external wall or a separating fire wall. Since it is exposed on its face, back, and top to the weather, a parapet needs either frost-resistant bricks or a wide coping and a good damp-proof course ...
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Building]
While "attic" IS the term used in classical architecture for the last storey of a building, generally set back from the walls below, and its wall could, if the "attic" is not roofed, be an "acrotère", I would advise against the word, particularly because in the modern sense, an "attic" is a roofed space at the top of a building, and therefore its wall is not an "acrotère". When attics have low outer walls (often about a metre high) and sloping roofs, the walls are called "ashlaring": A low wall, usually about 1 m high, in the side of an attic, from the floor to part way up the sloping ceiling, often in blockwork" [Scott/Penguin]. |
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| parapet walls, parapets
Erklärung:
parapet - A low wall standing above a roof, on top of either an external wall or a separating fire wall. Since it is exposed on its face, back, and top to the weather, a parapet needs either frost-resistant bricks or a wide coping and a good damp-proof course ...
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Building]
While "attic" IS the term used in classical architecture for the last storey of a building, generally set back from the walls below, and its wall could, if the "attic" is not roofed, be an "acrotère", I would advise against the word, particularly because in the modern sense, an "attic" is a roofed space at the top of a building, and therefore its wall is not an "acrotère". When attics have low outer walls (often about a metre high) and sloping roofs, the walls are called "ashlaring": A low wall, usually about 1 m high, in the side of an attic, from the floor to part way up the sloping ceiling, often in blockwork" [Scott/Penguin].
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