Inlaag
English translation: reserve
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| 4 | Inter-dyke buffer zone |
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peer agreement (net): +1| inlaag reserve Explanation: I think you already have your translation. You've used "reserve dyke" for "inlaagdijk", which I agree with, and you could call the area between the two a reserve, meaning an area of land that's not being used for any particular purpose. In practice, how you translate "inlaag" is academic, as you can avoid repetition of "reserve" by saying something like: When a dyke threatened to collapse, another would be built in reserve slightly inland. Today, the low-lying, brackish marshland between the two is often home to... |
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Inter-dyke buffer zone Explanation: https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/BWN1/Building Block -... Or just leave it as 'inlaag' like this author! |
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| Reference: refs Reference information: Huitenga, T.: Nederlands-Engels Woordenboek voor Landbouwwetenschappen (Numij, 1976).: • inlaagdijk (Ned.) (ongeveer) = additional/spare dyke -------------------------- ••• OGL: • inlaagdijk = safety dyke, safety dike -------------------------- ••• Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (14e editie, 2005): • inlaag (3): (dijkwezen) dijk, aangelegd binnenwaarts van een dijk die sterk bedreigd of niet meer te houden is vormvariant: inlage synoniem: zorgdijk, waardijk • inlaagpolder: polder die uit inlagen bestaat -------------------------- ••• GTB: INLAGE Woordsoort: znw(v.) Modern lemma: inlaag znw. vr. Mnd. inlage; mhd. înlage; hd. einlage; ndl. inlaag, inlage (Van Dale 645). ↪1. Het verleggen van een dijk, die niet meer te houden is, naar binnen, d. i. landwaarts in. Concreet de ingelegde dijk. Zoo ook mnd. Tegenwoordig wordt het woord, vooral in Zeeland, gebruikt van “het land tusschen den eersten en tweeden dijk gelegen”. Ook geeft Van Dale de samenstelling “inlaagdijk, dijk eener inlage”, op. Zie vooral Dijks- en Molenb. 197ᶗ204, en verder Bladw. ald. 631. (http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=MNW&id=19277... ) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2015-09-03 17:33:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Merriam-Webster's: counterdike: a second or reserve dike http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterdike |
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