flint rubble

Portuguese translation: fragmentos de sílex / sílice

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English term or phrase:flint rubble
Portuguese translation:fragmentos de sílex / sílice
Entered by: Oliver Simões

16:43 Dec 9, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Architecture
English term or phrase: flint rubble
The ‘Longhouse’ was a converted thirteenth-century church, with walls made of ***flint rubble*** and red brick."

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maucet
Brazil
Local time: 21:40
fragmentos de sílex / sílice
Explanation:
“In areas where flint is available plenty, a flint rubble masonry is employed. Flints are irregularly shaped nodules of silica. They are extremely hard but brittle in nature. The thickness of the Flintstones varies from 8 to 15 cm. Their length varies from 15 to 30 cm.” — https://theconstructor.org/building/stone-masonry-constructi...

Sílex: variedade grosseira de quartzo, de cor ruiva ou parda e algumas vezes negra; SÍLICE — http://www.aulete.com.br/Sílex

Flint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint
Sílex: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sílex


Fragmentos de sílex: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sílex#/media/Ficheiro:Feuerste...

Eben-Ezer Tower (Bélgica), construída com fragmentos de silex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben-Ezer_Tower#/media/File:Fr...



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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-12-09 20:15:42 GMT)
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Veja a correspondência de termos neste artigo sobre a alvenaria histórica de silex:

“What is flint, how has it been used in building?”
https://www.spab.org.uk/advice/flint-wall-construction

“O que é o sílex, e como foi usado na construção?”
https://5cidade.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/alvenaria-de-sil...
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Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 17:40
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4 +1fragmentos de sílex / sílice
Oliver Simões
4cascalho de sílica
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fragmentos de sílex / sílice


Explanation:
“In areas where flint is available plenty, a flint rubble masonry is employed. Flints are irregularly shaped nodules of silica. They are extremely hard but brittle in nature. The thickness of the Flintstones varies from 8 to 15 cm. Their length varies from 15 to 30 cm.” — https://theconstructor.org/building/stone-masonry-constructi...

Sílex: variedade grosseira de quartzo, de cor ruiva ou parda e algumas vezes negra; SÍLICE — http://www.aulete.com.br/Sílex

Flint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint
Sílex: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sílex


Fragmentos de sílex: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sílex#/media/Ficheiro:Feuerste...

Eben-Ezer Tower (Bélgica), construída com fragmentos de silex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben-Ezer_Tower#/media/File:Fr...



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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-12-09 20:15:42 GMT)
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Veja a correspondência de termos neste artigo sobre a alvenaria histórica de silex:

“What is flint, how has it been used in building?”
https://www.spab.org.uk/advice/flint-wall-construction

“O que é o sílex, e como foi usado na construção?”
https://5cidade.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/alvenaria-de-sil...

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 17:40
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Obrigado!

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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cascalho de sílica


Explanation:
Neste link, através das explicações do material, entende-se claramente como é a caracteristica do material.

https://books.google.com.br/books?id=_kAvTMzKGhAC&pg=PA221&l...

Luciano Assis
Brazil
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