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14:57 Nov 21, 2010 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Fortifications | |||||||
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4 | bastion with a batter/battering slope |
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3 | stocky rampart with a receding top (surface?) |
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3 | shot-deflecting sloped bastions |
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stocky rampart with a receding top (surface?) Explanation: Suggestion. |
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bastion with a batter/battering slope Explanation: baluardo - bastion trattasi sempre del fatto che i curtain walls sono stati abbassati, e quindi le superfici dei muri sono state inclinate, per "sfuggire" ai colpi di artiglieria degli attaccanti (mentre una volta erano verticali) Batter, Battering: (1) A wall with a receding slope from the ground upwards, narrowing at the top, is said to be battered. (ottimo glossario) http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/madict.html ecco la referenza e spiegazione anche in questo libro http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mT7th7UJtL8C&pg=PA36&lpg=... (in curtain walls) batter = A slope, as of the outer face of a wall, that recedes from bottom to top |
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shot-deflecting sloped bastions Explanation: "Sloped walls" è il termine più comune per le fortificazioni del tipo costruito da Vauban. Volendo chiarire l'idea della superficie sfuggente, suggerirei "shot deflecting"; la superficie è inclinata e costruita in modo da rendere più probabile che il colpo d'artiglieria causi il minimo danno possibile. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/AMH/AMH-2.html |
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