Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Catalan term or phrase:
embornals
English translation:
scuppers or scupper holes
Added to glossary by
Andrés Martínez
Jul 28, 2009 23:05
14 yrs ago
Catalan term
embornals
Catalan to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Same situation as the previous question (puntal).
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +2 | scuppers or scupper holes | Andrés Martínez |
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scuppers or scupper holes
Embornals o imbornals.
http://www.atotdrap.cat/node/192
Imbornal, m.: Forats que, en nombre de sis, porten els llaüts arran del corredor, i pels quals treuen l'aigua que entra a la coberta.
Es diuen igual en castellà, ja que aquest el va adoptar del català, així doncs la següent referència és vàlida per tu:
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/sc/scupper_hole.ht...
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Spanish imbornal (scupper). (various references)
http://ask.reference.com/web?q=scupper hole&&modrw=1&l=dir&q...
scupper hole
Scupper \Scup ... Definition: scupper hole ... Scupper \Scup"per\, n. [OF. escopir, escupir, to spit, perhaps for escospir, L. ex + conspuere to spit upon; pref. con- + spuere to spit. Cf. Spit, v.] (Naut.) An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard;
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