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arraché

English translation: tumbled

21:38 Jul 5, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / bricks
French term or phrase: arraché
Pavés de sol 11x11x3 arraché

Another one from this bricks catalogue.
Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 11:42
English translation:tumbled
Explanation:
I think these are the pavers that are called 'tumbled' in English as they are meant to look worn and old and therefore actually tumbled to knock off the corners in an irregular manner as if you had lifted them and relaid them.
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Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 11:42
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Seems to work on Google
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3 +2tumbled
Kate Hudson (X)
2exposed aggregate (?)
Bourth (X)


  

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arraché
tumbled


Explanation:
I think these are the pavers that are called 'tumbled' in English as they are meant to look worn and old and therefore actually tumbled to knock off the corners in an irregular manner as if you had lifted them and relaid them.

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 11:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Seems to work on Google

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
2 hrs
agree  Anna Maria Augustine (X): Absolutely. On the internet: tumbled bricks
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arraché
exposed aggregate (?)


Explanation:
Educated guesswork.

"Pavé" covers not just the (granite) paving stones that soixante-huitards took delight in hurling at the CRS, but also concrete pavers. The more attractive concrete pavers are often those whose top surface has been roughened in one way or another: brushing vigorously just before the cement at the surface sets, water jetting before final set occurs, application of acid to etch the surface (it removes the cement matrix between the aggregate), etc. Globally these are called "exposed-aggregate finishes".

Bourth (X)
Local time: 11:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4135
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