Chutes
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Offcuts Explanation: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/offcut Definition of offcut - a piece of waste material that is left behind after cutting a larger piece. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2018-11-06 14:04:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/chute/15926 Déchet d'une matière dans laquelle on a taillé des objets ou des parties : Des chutes de tissu. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2018-11-06 14:08:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- That's for the first two occurrences. However, the next two occurrences are either cable drops or downpipes. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2018-11-06 15:11:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- @Asker It's clear from the context that the first two occurrences are about offcuts ("Toutes coupes, **chutes**, entailles"). One would hardly list downpipes between "coupes" and "entailles"! However, as noted above, "Il sera placé des regards à toutes les chutes" appears to refer to plumbing and here the correct translation would be "downpipes" pr "stacks". "armatures de béton en acier à haute adhérence Fe500 de tous diamètre, comme il est décrit dans les généralités et positionnés sur les plans B.A. Y compris **chutes**, ligatures, cavaliers," is different again. I'm not sure what "chutes" means in this last context. Given that it is followed by "ligatures, cavaliers, cales en ciment", it could possibly refer to reservations for cable drops or downpipes. However, it wouldn't, in my view, be the usual term to use. |
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