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Danish translation: stræbepille / stræbesøjle


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English term or phrase: buttresses
Danish translation:stræbepille / stræbesøjle
Entered by: Tina sejbjerg
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18:26 Mar 3, 2009
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / Romanesque
English term or phrase: buttresses
The space between two adjacent load-bearing elements (columns, piers, buttresses). It generally refers to the space delimited by four columns or piers and covered by cross-vaulting, situated in the nave or aisles of a church.
Tina sejbjerg
Netherlands
Local time: 16:50
stræbepille / stræbesøjle
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Hovmands illustrerede byggeordbog
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Suzanne Blangsted
Local time: 07:50
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Mange tak
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4 +3stræbepille / stræbesøjle
Suzanne Blangsted
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Buttress
Mette Melchior

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stræbepille / stræbesøjle


Explanation:
Hovmands illustrerede byggeordbog

Suzanne Blangsted
Local time: 07:50
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Mange tak

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mette Melchior: Ja, som oversættelse af "buttress". Det passer dog ikke med den beskrivelse, der er indsat?
13 hrs

agree  asptech: I Sverige använder vi det franska ordet "kontrefort" för en stabiliserande väggförstärkning, såvitt jag förstår innebär "stræbesøjle" och för den delen också "buttress" samma sak.
15 hrs

agree  NetLynx: Specielt til asptech: På dansk hedder det også 'contrefort'.
2 days6 hrs
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Reference: Buttress

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    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttress
Mette Melchior
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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