merlon central

English translation: central merlon

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French term or phrase:	merlon central
English translation:	central merlon
Entered by:	Bashiqa

13:12 Mar 28, 2017

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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Geology

French term or phrase: merlon central

Context:
Amorçage du forage par la benne à câble : excavation des 2 premières passes sur la hauteur des terrains tendres et excavation des premiers mètres du merlon central.

Some sort of sloping banking perhaps?

Suggestions please.
TIA Chris.

Bashiqa KudoZ activity Questions: 874 (10 open) (9 without valid answers) (100 closed without grading) Answers: 895 France
Local time: 16:47

central merlon

Explanation:
central merlon

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Note added at 28 mins (2017-03-28 13:41:37 GMT)
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https://books.google.ie/books?id=Yp8SBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA796&lpg=P...

Selected response from:

Giuseppe Donnangelo
Ireland
Local time: 15:47

Grading comment

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

central merlon

Giuseppe Donnangelo

central dyke/barrier/mound

B D Finch

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18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

central merlon

Giuseppe Donnangelo
Ireland
Local time: 15:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thank you.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Can you give me any references for this please?

Asker: Thank you.

1 day 3 hrs confidence:

central dyke/barrier/mound

Explanation:
Without more context, I don't know which of those alternatives would fit.

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@Asker
That book seems to have been written by Jean-Paul Kurtz (a former engineer with SNCF, I believe). His Dictionary of Civil Engineering - English-French also gives some examples of the use of "merlon" in English https://goo.gl/z6blF8 . However, though his dictionary can be useful, his English is not really good enough, as you will see if you scan some of the entries. It's a shame that he didn't work in collaboration with an engineer who was a native-speaker of English.

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I'd accept an endorsement from Bourth more readily than one from J-PK.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 16:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 915

Notes to answerer

Asker: Merlon does exist. Found it in a book about Medieval houses. Have a good day, Chris.

Asker: Yes, I know it is old and not entirely convincing but our old friend Bourth was quite happy with merlon, pity he no onger contributes.

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