muesca

English translation: mortise, mortice

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Spanish term or phrase:muesca
English translation:mortise, mortice
Entered by: Oso (X)

17:49 Jun 24, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture
Spanish term or phrase: muesca
En el centro de la fachada posee los restos de una balconada de la que únicamente restan los mensulones del suelo y las muescas sobre los sillares donde se incrustaban los balaustres.
Neil Rear
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:36
mortise, mortice
Explanation:
Hola Neil,
Otra opción que da el Simon & Schuster's para "muesca".
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)


Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers:
mortise, mortice 
noun
1  a slot or recess, usually rectangular, cut into a piece of wood, stone, etc., to receive a matching projection (tenon) of another piece, or a mortise lock
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Dolores Vázquez
4mortise, mortice
Oso (X)


  

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notch


Explanation:
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Dolores Vázquez
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mortise, mortice


Explanation:
Hola Neil,
Otra opción que da el Simon & Schuster's para "muesca".
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)


Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers:
mortise, mortice 
noun
1  a slot or recess, usually rectangular, cut into a piece of wood, stone, etc., to receive a matching projection (tenon) of another piece, or a mortise lock

Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 88
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Gracias! No me había dado cuenta de lo bueno que es el S & S.
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