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Geography / aqueduct/canal water | | French term or phrase: les eaux du fuyant du canal | Au milieu du XVIe s., le baron d’Oppède fait construire cet ingénieux aqueduc qui lui permet d’user ****>des eaux du fuyant du canal<**** Saint-Julien à son débouché dans le Coulon, pour irriguer son domaine du Rouret.
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I'm assuming that the naughty baron was extracting water from the canal where it joins the Coulon for his own use. I'm confused by "fuyant" and by whether the expression is "eaux du fuyant" or "le fuyant du canal".
I'd be most grateful for any help with this - many thanks! |
| | | water from the tailrace of the St J canal | Explanation:
Fuyant : canal de sortie et d'évacuation de l'eau depuis un moulin jusqu'à la riviére.
http://la-nesque-propre.asso-web.com/45 le-glossaire-de-leau...
"Tailrace", then by the looks of it.
However, also by the looks of it, your canal is not a millrace, given that it bears a name.
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Note added at 36 mins (2010-05-31 13:16:22 GMT)
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Pour effectuer cette réalisation, il a adressé une demande d’autorisation au sous-préfet d’Orange qui donne son accord le 7 octobre 1853 pour la construction d’une usine de « fabrique de soie » (moulinage) SUR LE FUYANT DU CANAL DU MOULIN3, tout en réservant aux ayants droit l’usage de celui-ci pour l’arrosage.
http://lagazettedevilledieu.free.fr/gazettes_pdf/gazette_52/...
TAILRACE definition Hear it! tailrace definition. tail•race (-rās′). noun. THE LOWER PART OF A MILLRACE; a water channel to carry away tailings from a mine ...
www.yourdictionary.com/tailrace
TAIL•RACE (t l r s ). n. 1. The PART OF A MILLRACE BELOW THE WATER WHEEL THROUGH WHICH THE SPENT WATER FLOWS. 2. A channel for floating away mine tailings ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/tailrace
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| Grading comment many thanks Bourth! The client accepted "tailrace", although she too had never heard of "fuyant" either - and she's French.
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28 mins confidence:   water from the tailrace of the St J canal
Explanation:
Fuyant : canal de sortie et d'évacuation de l'eau depuis un moulin jusqu'à la riviére.
http://la-nesque-propre.asso-web.com/45 le-glossaire-de-leau...
"Tailrace", then by the looks of it.
However, also by the looks of it, your canal is not a millrace, given that it bears a name.
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Note added at 36 mins (2010-05-31 13:16:22 GMT)
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Pour effectuer cette réalisation, il a adressé une demande d’autorisation au sous-préfet d’Orange qui donne son accord le 7 octobre 1853 pour la construction d’une usine de « fabrique de soie » (moulinage) SUR LE FUYANT DU CANAL DU MOULIN3, tout en réservant aux ayants droit l’usage de celui-ci pour l’arrosage.
http://lagazettedevilledieu.free.fr/gazettes_pdf/gazette_52/...
TAILRACE definition Hear it! tailrace definition. tail•race (-rās′). noun. THE LOWER PART OF A MILLRACE; a water channel to carry away tailings from a mine ...
www.yourdictionary.com/tailrace
TAIL•RACE (t l r s ). n. 1. The PART OF A MILLRACE BELOW THE WATER WHEEL THROUGH WHICH THE SPENT WATER FLOWS. 2. A channel for floating away mine tailings ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/tailrace
| xxxBourth
Local time: 18:05
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 52
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| | Grading comment | many thanks Bourth! The client accepted "tailrace", although she too had never heard of "fuyant" either - and she's French. |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: brilliant, thanks! I wasn't aware that it was connected to a mill, but this is indeed the Saint-Julien canal, built for the purposes of irrigation. Just found some photos that appear to show the aqueduct carrying the canal water OVER the Coulon - presumably on to the baron's property
Asker: later...
I sent this off using your suggestion, and will let you know if the client says anything different. Thanks once again!
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