wyrwa-strzępie

20:48 Feb 6, 2015
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Archaeology
Polish term or phrase: wyrwa-strzępie
W środkowej partii ściany znajdowała się szeroka na ok.125 cm wyrwa – strzępie, najprawdopodobniej relikt dawnego wejścia od strony zachodniego skrzydła klasztoru,
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3dentil breach
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.


  

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dentil breach


Explanation:
I think this was a dentil detail.

Here is a dentil:
https://www.google.com/search?q=dentil brick course&num=100&...


In classical architecture a dentil (from Lat. dens, a tooth) is a small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentil

one of a series of small projecting rectangular blocks forming a molding especially under a cornice

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dentil
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cegły wystające co druga w murze, zostawione tak specjalnie w celach zdobniczych; sztrab ; sztraba

http://sjp.pl/strzępie

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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-02-07 00:08:49 GMT)
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Another option
toothing breach/tooth-shaped breach does not have to be the size of a brick - it is a pattern.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 16:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
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