retour

English translation: extending cushions

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French term or phrase:	retour
English translation:	extending cushions
Entered by:	Margaret Lagoyianni

09:43 Mar 26, 2002

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / cushions - furnishings

French term or phrase: retour

« Les coussins de carré (version A) sont remplacés par des coussins avec retours (pour la version B). »

Description of modifications a boatyard has to take into consideration between two different versions of the same boat. The cushions are in the boat’s saloon.

Does “avec retours” mean that the covering goes beyond the back and seating? I found one site with “cousin avec retour à 98%”. Any suggestions for a rendering of “avec retours”?

Nikki Scott-Despaigne KudoZ activity Questions: 93 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 5463
Local time: 23:38

extending cushions

Explanation:
I would agree with you interpretation of the context. It seems the most logical. i have been unable to find any specific references - sorry!

Selected response from:

Margaret Lagoyianni
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:38

Grading comment

This came closest. It apparently means that the cushion itself (not the cover) extends beyond the edge of the seat and back rest, a rounded sort of extra bit, making the whole more comfortable.
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

unfolding cushions

Steven Geller

coussins avec retours

michael jordan (X)

extending cushions

Margaret Lagoyianni

return cushion

Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.

Answers

55 mins confidence:

coussins avec retours

Explanation:
if it meanss "retours de couture", it would be "bars" according to the GDT. Like a big thick standing seam

hth

michael jordan (X)
Local time: 23:38
PRO pts in pair: 54

1 hr confidence:

extending cushions

Explanation:
I would agree with you interpretation of the context. It seems the most logical. i have been unable to find any specific references - sorry!

Margaret Lagoyianni
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:38
PRO pts in pair: 21

Grading comment

This came closest. It apparently means that the cushion itself (not the cover) extends beyond the edge of the seat and back rest, a rounded sort of extra bit, making the whole more comfortable.

2 hrs confidence:

return cushion

Explanation:
Found a site for return cuushions in private boats...

Reference: http://nag.ljudmila.org/winns/29.html

Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
Local time: 17:38
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 328

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

unfolding cushions

Explanation:
My suspicion is that they are square cushions that "unfold", meaning that if if the cushion when folded is 1x1 metre, it unfolds to 2x1 m. I further suspect that the seating in the saloon has some kind of "drawer" apparatus that pulls out to enable it to be used as a spare berth. Therefore, the coussins avec retour would unfold to cover the open berth.

Steven Geller
Local time: 23:38
PRO pts in pair: 1246

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