battipiede

English translation: skirting

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Italian term or phrase:battipiede (piattaforma)
English translation:skirting

06:44 Jun 28, 2001
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Italian term or phrase: battipiede
It comes to something like a skirting board, all around a platform (to be reached by a ladder). It has the function to protect the foot.

Thanks in advance

anusca
Anusca Mantovani
Italy
Local time: 04:32
skirting
Explanation:
Using my search interface for finding parallel texts (www.ticino.com/usr/puffin/findit.htm)

I found these parallel texts:

http://www.steel-tech.com/italiano/pagine15-it.html
http://www.steel-tech.com/english/pagine15-en.html

(battipiede=skirting)

Check out the pages and see what you think!

hth
Tanya
Selected response from:

Tanya Harvey Ciampi (X)
Local time: 04:32
Grading comment
Thanks a lot! Very helpful!
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na +2skirting
Tanya Harvey Ciampi (X)


  

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33 mins peer agreement (net): +2
skirting


Explanation:
Using my search interface for finding parallel texts (www.ticino.com/usr/puffin/findit.htm)

I found these parallel texts:

http://www.steel-tech.com/italiano/pagine15-it.html
http://www.steel-tech.com/english/pagine15-en.html

(battipiede=skirting)

Check out the pages and see what you think!

hth
Tanya


    Reference: http://www.ticino.com/usr/puffin/findit.htm
Tanya Harvey Ciampi (X)
Local time: 04:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 12
Grading comment
Thanks a lot! Very helpful!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Cox: Yes it must be skirting board, or base board in NA
27 mins

agree  CLS Lexi-tech
33 mins
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