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Spanish term or phrase:
Culatones
English translation:
dugouts
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Culatones
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Mining & Minerals / Gems
Se llaman así a las excavaciones laterales (ensanches) para la colocación de cualquier tipo de instalación temporal o maquinaria en espera en situación de tráfico normal
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dugouts
They are small side cuts in a trench to install transformers, or generators.
In trench warfare, dugouts were used for added protection, sleeping, etc.
https://books.google.com/books?id=vws8AQAAMAAJ
Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods - 1919
... he said, “the sort of lads who built roads, dug trenches, and constructed dugouts in the rain ... deep shafts, where only experienced miners can be used.
Sometimes 'Inset' is used.
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1597975567
James W. Cortada - 2011 - History
The fire and communicating trenches, gun positions, loopholes, insets in the trench .
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http://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20091204/la-mina-de-c...
'culatones: pequeñas cavernas excavadas a un lado del túnel construidas las más de las veces como guarida para albergar los transformadores (de luz), aunque también suelen acoger los comedores de los mineros.
In trench warfare, dugouts were used for added protection, sleeping, etc.
https://books.google.com/books?id=vws8AQAAMAAJ
Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods - 1919
... he said, “the sort of lads who built roads, dug trenches, and constructed dugouts in the rain ... deep shafts, where only experienced miners can be used.
Sometimes 'Inset' is used.
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1597975567
James W. Cortada - 2011 - History
The fire and communicating trenches, gun positions, loopholes, insets in the trench .
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Note added at 7 hrs (2017-08-14 00:03:48 GMT)
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http://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20091204/la-mina-de-c...
'culatones: pequeñas cavernas excavadas a un lado del túnel construidas las más de las veces como guarida para albergar los transformadores (de luz), aunque también suelen acoger los comedores de los mineros.
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Discussion
Ensanche means widening, which would possibly fit depending on the context.