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English translation: opus incertum/cement core wall/faced concrete/double-skin concrete core

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Italian term or phrase:	"muro a sacco"
English translation:	opus incertum/cement core wall/faced concrete/double-skin concrete core
Entered by:	Angela Arnone

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17:44 Dec 17, 2004

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Art/Literary - Architecture

Italian term or phrase: "muro a sacco"

this word refers to a a medieval building

Roberta Spinetta

additional note

Explanation:
I agree with Giles but other ways I have seen it described in English are "faced concrete" and "double-skin concrete core" but, as often as not, it is not translated, unless in brackets.

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Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:15

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opus incertum/cement core wall

Giles Watson

additional note

Russell Jones

3 -1

carried cement in a sac

KRAT

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peer agreement (net): +2

muro a sacco opus incertum/cement core wall

Explanation:
"Opus incertum" è il termine latino per questa tecnica di costruire muri in "pietrame di varie dimensioni mescolato a legante", come viene definita in questo sito:

http://www.icec-cf.it/percorso archeologico sotterraneo.htm

Il legante è cemento o qualcosa di simile, come si può vedere da questa illustrazione:

http://www.cs.uu.nl/~wilke/aquasite/hulp/tekopusbreed.htm

Veramente, i termini latini (tranne "opus caementicium") si riferiscono all'aspetto esterno del muro mentre "a sacco" descrive la tecnica costruttiva. In inglese, potresti chiamarlo genericamente "cement core wall" o qualcosa del genere.

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Giles Watson
Local time: 19:15
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English
PRO pts in category: 20

6 hrs confidence:

additional note

Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:15
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English
PRO pts in category: 318

1331 days confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

carried cement in a sac

Language variant: Ελληνικά

Explanation:
Τσιμέντο μέσα σε σακκο για οικοδομή

KRAT
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: Creek

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Changes made by editors

Jun 3, 2008 - Changes made by Angela Arnone:
Edited KOG entry	Angela Arnone's old entry - ""muro a sacco"" => "opus incertum/cement core wall/faced concrete/double-skin concrete core"
Dec 24, 2005 - Changes made by Angela Arnone:
Level	Non-PRO => PRO

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