arraque
English translation: spring/springing/spring line
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| 4 +3 | spring/springing |
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peer agreement (net): +3| arranque spring/springing Explanation: Have to agree with everyone else, it's a typo for "arranque". The Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura gives the following: Arranque: punto a partir del cual el arco, bóveda o cúpula asciende sobre su apoyo. The translation given is "spring" or "springing". Here's a dictionary entry for the definition of "spring": 41. Also called springing. Architecture. a. the point at which an arch or dome rises from its support. b. the rise or the angle of the rise of an arch. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spring Another ref: ARRANQUE El punto desde el cual, un arco o bóveda, empieza a curvarse desde su apoyo http://www.dekorus.com/new_dekorus/sipro/siproglosario.php3 You could also use the verb form, as in these examples: impost A moulded stone at the top of a pilaster flanking an opening. ***The member of a pillar or pier from which the arch springs.*** A discontinuous impost is where the arch mouldings simply die out in the splayed jambs. http://www.answers.com/topic/impost And a text about another bridge with a semicircular arch (there's also a photo): The arch springs about 4 feet above grade from sharply defined impost ledges that extend outward from the intrados about 6 inches. http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/bridges/nrhu4013... |
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