décaissé

English translation: recess

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French term or phrase:décaissé
English translation:recess
Entered by: jyxxer

08:47 Dec 7, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / luxury onboard cabins
French term or phrase: décaissé
Conformément à l'invention, au moins l'une desdites cabines, dite "cabine de luxe" est équipée d'une baignoire, ledit pont comprend au moins un décaissé qui débouche au niveau de sa face supérieure par une ouverture et ladite baignoire est encastrée dans ledit décaissé, de façon que son rebord affleure au niveau ou sensiblement au niveau du sol de ladite cabine.

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jyxxer
Australia
Local time: 17:03
recess
Explanation:
The hole into which a floor-level bath tub can be fitted.

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Bourth (X)
Local time: 09:03
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4 +2recess
Bourth (X)
4 +1Excavation
Michel F. Morin
3 -1coaming (raised area)
Graham macLachlan


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coaming (raised area)


Explanation:
sounds to me like a raised box-like feature into which the bath is fitted

not a coaming in the strictest sense but any boatbuilder would understand

coaming
A raised border round the hatches etc. of a ship to keep out water.
OED

Graham macLachlan
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Bourth (X): But this sounds like a sunken bath to me. Admittedly there might be a lip, but the décaissé has to be a hole, a depression.
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  -> indeed, you're right, Monday mornings...
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recess


Explanation:
The hole into which a floor-level bath tub can be fitted.

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Bourth (X)
Local time: 09:03
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Many thanx for the help !

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agree  Evans (X)
1 min

agree  Alan Douglas (X): Agree with 'recess'. Also agree with your observation re. 'excavation'.
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Excavation


Explanation:
Il me semble que "exacavation" suggère une dimension plus importante que "recess"...


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Michel F. Morin
France
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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agree  Bourth (X): Certainly, if your boat is made of earth or rock.
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