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English: canvas dam

German translation: Stoffdämme/Dämme aus Stoffplanen



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English term or phrase:canvas dam
German translation:Stoffdämme/Dämme aus Stoffplanen
Entered by:Asaphina
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Art/Literary - Agriculture / Farming
English term or phrase: canvas dam
We'd walk the canal banks together, me in hip boots in the waist-deep water, sparks flying from my shovel blade as I chiseled slots into the rocky ground to divert water with canvas dams.
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Stoffdämme/Dämme aus Stoffplanen
Explanation:
canvas ist ja eigentlich Leinenstoff, aber hier scheint es mir wichtig zu sein, dass der Damm aus Stofftüchern oder Planen (und nicht aus Steinen oder Holz) gemacht ist.
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Sabine Odinga
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Stoffdämme/Dämme aus Stoffplanen

Explanation:
canvas ist ja eigentlich Leinenstoff, aber hier scheint es mir wichtig zu sein, dass der Damm aus Stofftüchern oder Planen (und nicht aus Steinen oder Holz) gemacht ist.

Sabine Odinga
Germany
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