llatas
English translation: maybe this will help?
| 16:50 Sep 13, 2001 |
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|  Selected response from: tazdog (X) Spain Local time: 23:00 | ||||||
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10 hrs confidence: 
maybe this will help? Explanation: It sounds like it fits your context, anyway..... Not sure what you would call them in English, though. En las casas y cabañas mayores se colocan sobre la cumbrera largas varas (las "llatas") que se sujetan unas veces con palos ahorquillados ("gavitos") clavados profundamente en la capa vegetal, y otras con palos transversales que con su peso sujetan el teito y afianzan las llatas: son las "puertas" o "zancos". En las construcciones más pequeñas, encima del cume se pone una hilera de "tepes" o "tapinos", y más raramente, troncos secos hendidos por la mitad, las "callezas". (http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/forest/4567/etnografia.htm... Reference: http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/forest/4567/etnografia.htm... |
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12 hrs confidence:
rods Explanation: That is the word that would fit the previous example. My husband, a keen carpenter, suggested "cords", he says an old-fashioned Amercian word for certain woodcuts. Couldn't find it, but maybe worth looking up. |
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18 hrs confidence:
Beams Explanation: We think the word "llatas" means "beams" (an English word). A wooden beam is an architectural support - often for a roof or doorway. (A beam can also be part of what is known as a roof truss). It can sometimes (but not so often) be used to describe a type of cut of wood. (In the same way it usual to say a plank of wood - it is not so usual to say a beam of wood - but usual to say a wooden beam). "Viga" is a similar word to llatas. English similar words are rafter and beam (or girder if in metal). Native Englishman and qualified Engineer. collins spanish/english dictionary |
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2 days 6 hrs confidence:
sapling Explanation: I was watching a show on PBS, about the vikings, and they used sapling to built their houses. Could there be any relation with your llatas? The definition of sapling: a young tree; specif. not over four inches in diameter at breast height. Buena fortuna. |
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