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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

wolfskap

English translation:

clipped gable

Added to glossary by LouisV (X)
May 29, 2007 08:50
17 yrs ago
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Dutch term

wolfskap

Dutch to English Tech/Engineering Architecture Internet acess
oude boerderij met rieten dak, gebouwd waarschijnlijk in de 17de eeuw in de Eemlandstijl, dat is een schuin vlak dak aan beide kanten, met een wolfskap boven de voor- en achtergevel en een van achter naar voor oplopende nok
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 clipped gable

Proposed translations

+2
12 mins
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clipped gable

not the most authoritative links, but I think they ought to suffice ;)
Reference:

http://images.google.de/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=de&q=clipped%20gable&btnG=Bilder-Suche&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

http://images.google.nl/images?q=wolfskap&btnG=Afbeeldingen+zoeken&svnum=10&um=1&hl=nl&lr=lang_nl

Peer comment(s):
agree Ken Cox : Kluwer WB Bouwkunde also gives 'partial hip' for wolfseind, which is probably a synonym for wolfskap\\Given the wide variety of meanings of 'Dutch gable' revealed by a bit of googling, the term is probably best avoided.
6 mins
thanks Ken (I'm always a bit confused whether partial hip doesn't also apply to a "Dutch gable"...any thoughts on this?)//good point, its use is far less consistent than I imagined (after having seen a Dutch gable in an EN>NL translation, pictures & all:)
agree D.K. Tannwitz
21 mins
thanks Widic
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Vic, that sounds right. Regards Louis"
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