English: area wellFrench translation: puits de lumière ou fosse de soupirail
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | area well | | French translation: | puits de lumière ou fosse de soupirail | | Entered by: | The Quill Pen |
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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering | | English term or phrase: area well | Area well
Used around basement windows to hold back the soil. Usually constructed of galvanized, ribbed steel, concrete or masonry. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseRita Heller: 1:55am Sep 18, 2005: they are actually called "window wells" HTH -
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| | puits de lumière | Explanation:
areaway ; light well ; window well
An open subsurface space adjacent to a building used to admit light and air or as means of access to a basement or crawl space.
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Note added at 1 hr 35 mins (2005-09-18 02:14:08 GMT)
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| Note from asker to answererMerci pour la bonne réponse mais j'ai préféré choisir "fosse de soupirail" ici...
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