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Livestock / Animal Husbandry | | Portuguese term or phrase: baia de chão batido | | Uma das características de um criadouro de ovinos é presença de baia de chão batido. |
| | | stall with a dirt floor | Explanation:
Este é um termo muito usado para "chão batido".
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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2012-02-04 23:34:44 GMT)
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A "dirt" floor, depending on its environment (ex. a stall or pen for animals), could be made from a mixture of earth and small stones. It would normally be tamped (beaten down) at the time of being laid, and it provides a cheap and hard floor surface (with the advantage of absorbing moisture). |
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4 hrs confidence: tamped earth floor stall
Explanation:
If you are looking for a cheap way to make a hard floor in a foyer, in a shed, or *barn*, you may want to consider a *tamped earth floor*,
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e nesta definição do Random House:
earth lodge - a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a **tamped earth floor**,
| Christina Paiva
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