Französisch: allègeEnglisch translation: breast, breast wall, window breast 
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Bauwesen/Hochbau/Tiefbau | | Französisch Begriff oder Satz: allège | This is the part of the wall situated between a window sill and the floor.
Anybody know what it's called in English? |
| | Notiz(en) an den/des Fragesteller(s)Oddie: 1:57pm Nov 8, 2004: it's *allège* in French -
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| | breast, breast wall, window breast | Erklärung:
breast (1), chimney breast . A projection of a wall into a room containing the flue ...
(2) The wall under a window sill, down to the floor
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Building]
breast. 1. A projecting part of a wall, as at a chimney. 2. That portion of wall between the floor and the window above ...
[Dict. of Architecture & Constrution, ed. Cyril M Harris, McGHill]
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Note added at 1 hr 33 mins (2004-11-08 15:28:57 GMT)
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I allege it should be aLLège.
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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2004-11-08 15:34:01 GMT)
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Both dictionaries quoted concur that an apron wall, aka spandrel wall, is the portion of wall between the top of one window and the bottom of the window above, i.e. potentially rather deeper than a breast wall. |
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Bourth
Frankreich
| Hinweis von Fragesteller an den AntwortendenOnce again thanks.
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