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English translation: outside casing


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Dutch term or phrase:gevelkozijn
English translation:outside casing
Entered by: Lucy Simpson
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12:20 Nov 9, 2002
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / construction
Dutch term or phrase: gevelkozijn
Under heading ARCHITECTURAL MATTERS:
Een mock-up van het metselwerk, waterslag, aansluitingen en aluminium gevelkozign zal in het werk worden opgesteld c.q. aangebracht.

Anything with the word 'gevel' in it presents a problem, because it can mean so many things.
Lucy Simpson
Local time: 22:25
outside casing
Explanation:
ook mogelijk
exterior door frame
exterior window frame



outside casing lijkt me een erg veilige vertaling
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Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 23:25
Grading comment
This is the 'safe' solution I went for, thank you.
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4 +1outside casing
Henk Peelen
3gable windoweldira


  

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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
outside casing


Explanation:
ook mogelijk
exterior door frame
exterior window frame



outside casing lijkt me een erg veilige vertaling

Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 23:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 61
Grading comment
This is the 'safe' solution I went for, thank you.

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  -> yes, that is my reference.
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gable window


Explanation:
en driehoekig meranti gevelkozijn van 7 bij 2,5 meter

http://members1.chello.nl/~p.weirda/Frames/FreelanceProjecte...

High above the Great West Window is the West Gable Window.
This is it seen from the inside, in the roof space above the vault.

http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/Gallery/Places/P02.html
http://www.algonquinprojects.com/photos/framing2.jpg
http://www.algonquinprojects.com/photos/framing3.jpg

able \Ga"ble\, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. ? head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows.] (Arch.) (a) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence: (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=Gable window





eldira
Indonesia
Local time: 04:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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