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English translation: shoring

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French term or phrase:	gendarmage
English translation:	shoring
Entered by:	mimi 254

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10:55 Jan 19, 2012

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French term or phrase: gendarmage

Hello everyone, long time no see, etc. etc.

This is a traditional form of support used in excavations. For instance:

"exécution en tous terrains, à ciel ouvert ou en souterrain, de soutènements appropriés exigeant la connaissance des techniques traditionnelles de blindage (enfilage de planches, basculage, gendarmage, relevage, etc.), poses de cadres ou cintres, coffrages dans l'embarras des étais"

There is an accompanying verb, "gendarmer".

Any ideas as to what this might involve are welcome!

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shoring

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoring

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mimi 254
Local time: 19:50

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I've had some very interesting and detailed suggestions in private (thanks Alex!) but this is what I chose, without actually having seen mimi's answer, for my context.
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shoring

mimi 254

soldier boarding

kashew

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26 mins confidence:

soldier boarding

Explanation:
Maybe just "soldiering"!
See Wiki - Trenches
Beam and Plate steel I-beams are driven into the ground and steel plates are slid in amongst them. A similar method that uses wood planks is called ***soldier*** boarding.

kashew
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shoring

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoring

mimi 254
Local time: 19:50
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English,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

I've had some very interesting and detailed suggestions in private (thanks Alex!) but this is what I chose, without actually having seen mimi's answer, for my context.

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