lauzes
English translation: thackstones; stone slates OR tilestones
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| 21:42 Jan 14, 2003 |
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| 5 | roof shingles |
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| 4 | roofing slates |
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| 4 | roofing stone |
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| 3 | stone tile/stone slab |
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roofing slates Explanation: Ref. Termium: Domaine(s) – Industr. Chemistry Processes and Operations – Geology Domaine(s) – Opérations du génie chimique – Géologie roofing slate Source CORRECT lause Source CORRECT lauze Source CORRECT OBS – A finely fissile, compact, homogeneous argillite or clay slate, yielding thin slabs, used for roofing. Source OBS – Dans diverses régions du sud et du sud-est de la France, pierre plate, détachée par lits et utilisée comme dalle ou pour couvrir les bâtiments -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-14 21:45:49 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Welsh Roofing Slates from Snowdonia Slate and Stone - [ Traduire cette page ] Welsh Roofing Slates. Welsh Slate is a metamorphosed sedimentary rock of the Ordovician and Cambrian geological series being 500 million years old. ... www.snowdoniaslate.co.uk/welsh_roofing_slates.htm - 13k - En cache - Pages similaires Reclaimed roofing slates - [ Traduire cette page ] roofing slates available in small or large quantities, reclaimed from old buildings. RECLAIMED ROOFING SLATES. Old Staffordshire blue ... www.angus.co.uk/slates/ - 7k - 13 jan 2003 |
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roof shingles Explanation: Slate roof shingles vary in length, so there will almost always be slight variations in the alignment of the slate butts. These variations are usually minimal, they are rarely seen when looking at the roof from the ground, and the uneven texture of the slate surface usually hides whatever variations may occur. Reference: http://www.oldworlddistributors.com/pix_slatebook.html |
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stone tile/stone slab Explanation: I know you wanted something more technical sounding but... LA MAÇONNERIE À PIERRES SÈCHES : VOCABULAIRE A VOCABULARY OF DRYSTONE MASONRY LAUSE Pièce de calcaire ou de schiste, clivable, dont la surface est très importante par rapport à l'épaisseur et qui est utilisée comme matériau de couverture. Variante orthographique : lauze. Angl. : (si calcaire) stone tile - (si schisteuse) stone slab |
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roofing stone Explanation: Though not exactly incorrect, "roofing slate" (Piece of slate or other laminated stone, split and dressed for use in roofing" a/c to the British Standards Institution) does evoke slate rather than limestone. Besides, lauzes are not exactly dressed, but quite randomly shaped. "Roofing stone", together with "Yorkshire" gets a lot of GGL hits, including this interesting one: http://www.stonewayroofing.com/story/default.view?rowID=61 I glimpsed at it rather than read it. It looks detailed, even dialectical, almost, and you might find something. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-15 00:20:47 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I was actually looking for a word or words with more of a local \"accent\", but \"tilestone\" appears to be used, in the above article at least. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-15 00:28:16 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- AND ... the UK\'s Stone Roofing Association\'s glossary at http://www.stoneroof.org.uk/gloss.html#Top says (amongst many more interesting things I\'ll leave you to find for yourself) • Slate: People have different preferences for terms to describe sandstone, limestone and similar non-metamorphic roofing products. The most frequently encountered, traditional and colloquial terms are stone slates or grey slates but they are also called flags, flagstones, thackstones, stone tiles, sclaites or grey sclaites (in Scotland), slats or slatts. Each of these terms is used to distinguish them from metamorphic, Welsh or \'blue\' slates. The objection to the term stone slate is that sandstones and limestones are not, petrographically, slates. That is, they have not been metamorphosed and consequently they split along bedding rather than cleavage planes. This is certainly true and some geologists prefer the retronym tilestone to distinguish them from real slates. However the term slate, meaning any \'flat rectangular\' roofing product has historical precedence, since it predates the science of geology by hundreds of years and is the term in common use. In this website we use \'stone slates\' for preference but in geological pages \'tilestones\' will be encountered and don\'t be surprised if you find any of the other synonyms. If this is confusing, the easiest thing to remember is that metamorphic slates will always be called ......... metamorphic slates! Anything else isn\'t. |
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