ultramarin marine translations |
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dam | een in het water opgeworpen wal ter
kering van het water of ter geleiding of verdeling van de waterstroom; >dijk |
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Damm | Aufschüttung gegen das Wasser, zum Zweck,
das Wasser (um)zuleiten oder den Wasserfluß zu verteilen; DAMM = die Dammstraße in Ruhrort - Treffpunkt der Schiffer und Schiffsmakler im 19.Jahrhundert, später Sitz der Schifferbörse und - bis heute - Adresse zahlreicher Schiffahrtsunternehmen. >Deich |
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dam dyke dike |
An artificial barrier such as a bank of earth,
masonry, etc., built along or across a watercourse to keep back its water; >dike |
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digue jetée |
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dique terraplén |
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diga banchina |
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The closest literal translation of the French word «digue» is «dyke» or «dike», and, when «digue» is used to denote a lateral wall or embankment protecting the land (reclaimed or otherwise) from the sea, or from the water of a river or estuary, it may be rendered by the English words dyke (dike), sea- (or river-) wall or embankment.
When, however, digue is used to designate a structure such as piers, it can only be rendered in English by such words as «jetty», «pier» or «breakwater». source: Dictionnairde technique illustré, ch.VII, 1938 |