écoinçon
English translation: corner piece
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| 4 +1 | corner piece |
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| 3 +1 | spandrel |
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peer agreement (net): +1| écoinçon corner piece Explanation: Source: Termium |
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peer agreement (net): +1| écoinçon spandrel Explanation: Several (equivqlent) definitions of the words Ecoinçon and Spandrel Hope that helps http://www.google.com/search?hl=fr&lr=&client=safari&rls=fr&... Definition in French: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/glossaire/detail_glossaire.jsp?CONT... |
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| écoinçon What it is Explanation: Ecoinçon does indeed refer to spandrels, but really only when dealing with arches. In a more domestic sense, an "écoincon" is the short section of wall between a door or window frame and the closest wall perpendicular to it. So what they are saying is that instead of (presumably) having a garage door spanning the entire distance from the "side" walls (those perpendicular to the plane of the garage door), there can be one (or two) short walls in the same plane as the door, making the door a little (or even a lot, if the garage is very wide) narrower than the garage. Definition in French (from Dicobat): écoinçon ... 2/ Partie de mur comprise entre un ébrasement de baie et la cueillie de retour d'angle la plus proche ... I don't know the English term, but if I can lay hands on my brother, whose company used to manufacture garage doors but who, in semi-retirement, now contents himself with servicing them, I might be able to find out. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 33 mins (2005-07-26 21:29:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Since you are dealing with overhead doors, these \"écoinçons\" need not be loadbearing, as would be the case with side-hung hinged doors. So they can be a variety of \"infill wall\": infill wall. A non-loadbearing wall made of infilling. infilling. (1) Material placed within a building frame or partition for fire resistance, insulation, WEATHER PROTECTION, or stiffness ... [Soctt/Penguin Dict. of Building] In addition, when the overhead door is narrower than the overall span of the garage, the \"écoinçons\" serve simply to \"infill\" the gaps between the door and the side walls (thereby reducing the cost/weight of the door, allowing vehicles through the opening but providing side space for opening vehicle doors, etc. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 46 mins (2005-07-26 21:42:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Then there is this, but I\'m not convinced: \"Jamb/wall\" is that component of a door assembly to which a door is attached and secured; the wall and jamb used together are considered a unit. [http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/buildings/dav06v.shtml] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 days (2005-08-01 14:29:32 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Post grading: Spoke to a builder friend who says it is called a \"nib\" of a \"nib wall\", which is confirmed by Scott/Penguin Buildng: nib - (1) A small projection from a flat surface, or a small return, upstand, or kerb at the edge of a wall or slab. My friend says nibs are often just the width of architraves, so that doors look nice and so door handles don\'t strike the wall in the open positin, parallel to the wall. Penguin again: return, return end, return wall - A short change of direction at the end of a wall, usually at right angles. Returns of brick walls are important for 2 reasons. First, the return adds strength because of its buttressing effect ... Friend also said they are a pain, because they inevitably require much cutting and shaping of bricks, blocks, or timber framing. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 days (2005-08-01 14:29:59 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Post grading: Spoke to a builder friend who says it is called a \"nib\" of a \"nib wall\", which is confirmed by Scott/Penguin Buildng: nib - (1) A small projection from a flat surface, or a small return, upstand, or kerb at the edge of a wall or slab. My friend says nibs are often just the width of architraves, so that doors look nice and so door handles don\'t strike the wall in the open positin, parallel to the wall. Penguin again: return, return end, return wall - A short change of direction at the end of a wall, usually at right angles. Returns of brick walls are important for 2 reasons. First, the return adds strength because of its buttressing effect ... Friend also said they are a pain, because they inevitably require much cutting and shaping of bricks, blocks, or timber framing. |
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