galleria di contromina

English translation: countermine/mine underground gallery

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Italian term or phrase:galleria di contromina
English translation:countermine/mine underground gallery
Entered by: Constantinos Faridis (X)

10:18 Apr 16, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology / city walls
Italian term or phrase: galleria di contromina
Is this a countermine tunnel in English? Nel Bastione delle Isole è stata individuata una galleria di contromina, alla quale si accede dalla porta chiusa con cancello tramite due ripide rampe di scale.
staviano
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countermine/mine underground gallery
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Look up: Countermine

countermine
[n] - (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy 2. [v] - destroy enemy mines with one`s own mines
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Countermine
Coun'ter·mine` (koun'tẽr*mīn`) noun [ Counter- + mine underground gallery: confer French contermine .] 1. (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy. 2.<...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/172
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countermine/mine underground gallery


Explanation:
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Look up: Countermine

countermine
[n] - (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy 2. [v] - destroy enemy mines with one`s own mines
Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

Countermine
Coun'ter·mine` (koun'tẽr*mīn`) noun [ Counter- + mine underground gallery: confer French contermine .] 1. (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy. 2.<...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/172


Constantinos Faridis (X)
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agree  Maria Fokin: did not see your answer... agree completely
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agree  BrigitteHilgner: I'd stick to "countermine".
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countermine gallerie


Explanation:
Drawing of countermine galleries at Porta Ardeatina. Rome
Siege Mines and Underground Warfare
By Kenneth Wiggins
http://books.google.com/books?id=kPKmUlqQ3PIC&pg=PA4&dq="cou...

This series of mine and countermine galleries covered two levels, one at 13÷14 and the other at 5÷6 metres depth respectively, interconnected by staircases and provided with many side branches that led away from the main capital galleries and ended at mining and listening posts.
http://www.comune.torino.it/english/itiner/frames/cur/cutade...

just "countermine" is also used.
http://www.saint-andrews.co.uk/Tour/mine.htm


Maria Fokin
Italy
Local time: 09:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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