Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
ravelijn
English translation:
ravelin
Added to glossary by
AllisonK (X)
Jun 12, 2003 12:43
21 yrs ago
Dutch term
ravelijn
Dutch to English
Tech/Engineering
fortresses/architecture
From a text over a historical Dutch fortress town:
Buiten de bastions in de vestinggracht lagen verschillende ***ravelijnen***, twee daarvan gaven vanaf de stadspoorten een verbinding met de buitenste wal en van daar de aansluiting tot de toegangswegen naar Den Bosch en Cuijk.
I've seen pictures but can't figure out what this is in English. A couple sites leave it untranslated but I can't imagine this is the term in English......
TIA!
Buiten de bastions in de vestinggracht lagen verschillende ***ravelijnen***, twee daarvan gaven vanaf de stadspoorten een verbinding met de buitenste wal en van daar de aansluiting tot de toegangswegen naar Den Bosch en Cuijk.
I've seen pictures but can't figure out what this is in English. A couple sites leave it untranslated but I can't imagine this is the term in English......
TIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | ravelin |
Serge L
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| 5 | "ravelijn" |
Renate van den Bos
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| 5 | Ravelin |
Henry Pijffers
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| 5 | rampart |
Marijke Mayer
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Proposed translations
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Selected
ravelin
bestaat in het Engels en komt overeen met wat ik elders gevonden had:
"Ravelin (Page: 1192)
Rave"lin (?), n. [F.; cf. Sp. rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino; perhaps fr. L. re- again + vallum wall.] (Fort.) A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon."
Succes,
Serge L.
"Ravelin (Page: 1192)
Rave"lin (?), n. [F.; cf. Sp. rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino; perhaps fr. L. re- again + vallum wall.] (Fort.) A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon."
Succes,
Serge L.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Tja, ook net gevonden - stom van mij!
Bedankt allemaal!"
6 mins
"ravelijn"
I do not know whether there is a translation for this term, but if you cannot find it, I would leave it as is and add the following explanation:
ravelijn:
midden voor een vestingfront gelegen, ongeveer driehoekig of redanvormig buitenwerk, ter dekking van courtine en toegangspoort, alsmede de schouderhoeken der naastliggende bastions tegen vijandelijk vuur; zie ook demi-lune
See this website, where 'ravelijn' is not translated: http://www.damme-online.com/gb/buildings/military/stadsveste...
see: http://www.coehoorn.nl/begrippenlijst/begrippen/ravelijn.htm...
ravelijn:
midden voor een vestingfront gelegen, ongeveer driehoekig of redanvormig buitenwerk, ter dekking van courtine en toegangspoort, alsmede de schouderhoeken der naastliggende bastions tegen vijandelijk vuur; zie ook demi-lune
See this website, where 'ravelijn' is not translated: http://www.damme-online.com/gb/buildings/military/stadsveste...
see: http://www.coehoorn.nl/begrippenlijst/begrippen/ravelijn.htm...
13 mins
Henry Pijffers
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
&
English
Netherlands
Reliable, timely, affordable, easy
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands) 
, English , Hungarian
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English
16 mins
Marijke Mayer
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
Good value for quality and accuracy
Native in: Dutch
Works in: Dutch to English, English to Dutch, French to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
525
rampart
Van Dale:
ram·part1 ['rwmpl:t, -plrt] (telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord)
1
borstwering
wal
2
verdediging
bolwerk, bescherming
rampart2 (overgankelijk werkwoord)
omwallen
... settlement of 1677 were they permitted to build a church "outside the town ... The water
in the moat in front of the ramparts (curtains) and bastions reached, at ...
www.juelich.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/ sehenswuerdigkeiten-e.html
Mare Balticum - Fæstninger
... reinforced the ring wall and built the moats outside the bastions. ... of the castle and
city surrounded by six bastions and a profile of the ramparts and moat. ...
marebalticum.natmus.dk/lokUK.asp?ID=18
ram·part1 ['rwmpl:t, -plrt] (telbaar zelfstandig naamwoord)
1
borstwering
wal
2
verdediging
bolwerk, bescherming
rampart2 (overgankelijk werkwoord)
omwallen
... settlement of 1677 were they permitted to build a church "outside the town ... The water
in the moat in front of the ramparts (curtains) and bastions reached, at ...
www.juelich.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/ sehenswuerdigkeiten-e.html
Mare Balticum - Fæstninger
... reinforced the ring wall and built the moats outside the bastions. ... of the castle and
city surrounded by six bastions and a profile of the ramparts and moat. ...
marebalticum.natmus.dk/lokUK.asp?ID=18
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