Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
rocaille
English translation:
rockfill
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Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
Nov 25, 2007 08:09
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rocaille
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Environment & Ecology
water drainage
Des barrages de correction bas et poreux faits de ///rocaille/// doivent être utilisés dans le canal de drainage longitudinal à la base du terrassement de la route, et dans les tranchées drainantes d'eau claire.
Related to environmental protection measures on an industrial construction site.
Rockery used for gardens and rubble used for natural environment are not appropriate as this is a man made "rocaille" for an industrial site.
Thanks for your help and suggestions.
Related to environmental protection measures on an industrial construction site.
Rockery used for gardens and rubble used for natural environment are not appropriate as this is a man made "rocaille" for an industrial site.
Thanks for your help and suggestions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +9 | rockfill |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 | road metal |
Melzie
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| 3 | boulders |
ormiston
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| 3 | rockwork |
Francis MARC
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| 2 | ballast |
Claire Cox
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Proposed translations
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24 mins
Selected
rockfill
More correctly, "enrochement" in French, however, so if we can assume that your writer deliberately avoided "enrochement", then something else may have to be found.
However, "enrochement" is one of the materials used to build embankment dams, and is also used for river training work.
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Possibly "rip rap", though this is used as shore protection or as protection of the face of a dam rather than as a dam itself.
Riprap (also known as rip rap, rubble, revetment, shot rock or rock armour) is rock or other material used to armor shorelines against water erosion. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riprap
Rip rap, large sized stone or boulders, is used extensively to control erosion. Controlling erosion is important to the integrity and safety of many ...
www.graymont.com/prod_rip_rap.shtml
A guide to managing coastal erosion in beach/dune systems
Less substantial defences may be formed as rip-rap slopes, but only in low ... Burial of the rip-rap slopes will reduce the visual impact, while fencing, ...
www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/heritagemanagement/eros...
Geotextile fabric is usually placed beneath the rock rip-rap to prevent soil loss ... Rip-Rap Shore and Streambank Erosion Brochure. Available from DNR. ...
www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/compone...
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La berme en enrochement, constituée de rocailles bon marché, ne résistait pas aux vagues lorsqu'elle avait une forme classique de brise-lames
The rock berm consisted of low-cost rock materials that would not remain stable in a conventional rubble-mound design
http://chc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/Coastal/Projects/CoastalProject_Pa...
http://chc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/Coastal/Projects/CoastalProject_Pa...
enrochement – 600-2000 mm
http://gresdepernes.free.fr/pdf/pernes/enrochements.pdf
rocaille – 300-600mm
http://gresdepernes.free.fr/pdf/pernes/rocailles.pdf
Wentworth scale – boulders are >256mm in diameter
British Standard particle size classification – boulders are >200mm
block – An angular rock fragment, similar in size to a boulder, and more than 256mm in diameter. [Penguin Dict. of Phys. Geography]
No luck so far finding dimensions for riprap or rockfill. I've seen some on dam facings around 1 m in dia. if not more.
However, "enrochement" is one of the materials used to build embankment dams, and is also used for river training work.
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Note added at 28 mins (2007-11-25 08:37:33 GMT)
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Possibly "rip rap", though this is used as shore protection or as protection of the face of a dam rather than as a dam itself.
Riprap (also known as rip rap, rubble, revetment, shot rock or rock armour) is rock or other material used to armor shorelines against water erosion. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riprap
Rip rap, large sized stone or boulders, is used extensively to control erosion. Controlling erosion is important to the integrity and safety of many ...
www.graymont.com/prod_rip_rap.shtml
A guide to managing coastal erosion in beach/dune systems
Less substantial defences may be formed as rip-rap slopes, but only in low ... Burial of the rip-rap slopes will reduce the visual impact, while fencing, ...
www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/heritagemanagement/eros...
Geotextile fabric is usually placed beneath the rock rip-rap to prevent soil loss ... Rip-Rap Shore and Streambank Erosion Brochure. Available from DNR. ...
www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/compone...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-11-25 23:31:40 GMT)
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La berme en enrochement, constituée de rocailles bon marché, ne résistait pas aux vagues lorsqu'elle avait une forme classique de brise-lames
The rock berm consisted of low-cost rock materials that would not remain stable in a conventional rubble-mound design
http://chc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/Coastal/Projects/CoastalProject_Pa...
http://chc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/Coastal/Projects/CoastalProject_Pa...
enrochement – 600-2000 mm
http://gresdepernes.free.fr/pdf/pernes/enrochements.pdf
rocaille – 300-600mm
http://gresdepernes.free.fr/pdf/pernes/rocailles.pdf
Wentworth scale – boulders are >256mm in diameter
British Standard particle size classification – boulders are >200mm
block – An angular rock fragment, similar in size to a boulder, and more than 256mm in diameter. [Penguin Dict. of Phys. Geography]
No luck so far finding dimensions for riprap or rockfill. I've seen some on dam facings around 1 m in dia. if not more.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
3 mins
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ormiston
: much better !
24 mins
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| agree |
Carol Gullidge
: rubble, or revetement? ("Riprap (also known as rip rap, rubble, revetment")
51 mins
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The terms can be similar, but not interchangeable. "Rubble" would be said of rockfill for a "rubble-mound breakwater" for instance, and "revetment" could be hand-placed stone pitching, not dumped rockfill, or could be precast concrete armour units.
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gerard robin
: it is much better in this case
1 hr
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Drmanu49
: Quite right!
1 hr
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Victoria Porter-Burns
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2 hrs
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Claire Cox
3 hrs
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malligajm
: it could also be small / loose stones
4 hrs
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It could indeed, but I think "rockfill" probably covers that (unless they are very small stones).
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Emilie Naudin
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks. "
7 mins
boulders
if not too small !
27 mins
rockwork
def: stones plus cement
1 hr
road metal
not necessarily used only for roads
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-roa1.htm
http://geology.about.com/library/bl/images/blroadmetal.htm
http://www.yourdictionary.com/road-metal
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-roa1.htm
http://geology.about.com/library/bl/images/blroadmetal.htm
http://www.yourdictionary.com/road-metal
3 hrs
Claire Cox
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ballast
is what came first to my mind; however, Bourth's rockfill may be more suitable depending on the actual context.
See:
Soil and Rock Construction Materials - Google Books Resultby G. H. McNally - 1998 - Architecture - 403 pages
CHAPTER 12 Rockfill and ballast These are coarsely fragmented and free-draining ... is mainly used in embankment dams and as rubble core in breakwaters, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0419214208...
See:
Soil and Rock Construction Materials - Google Books Resultby G. H. McNally - 1998 - Architecture - 403 pages
CHAPTER 12 Rockfill and ballast These are coarsely fragmented and free-draining ... is mainly used in embankment dams and as rubble core in breakwaters, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0419214208...
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