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claveau

English translation: archstone

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French term or phrase:claveau
English translation:archstone
Entered by: Rimas Balsys

21:55 Oct 23, 2016
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / Social & cultural anthrop
French term or phrase: claveau
This is the text of an audio tour of a French heritage site (an old Abbey / Cathedral).
"Parmi les sculptures les plus savoureuses du dépôt lapidaire de Maillezais, un **claveau** garde le souvenir d’une spectaculaire sarabande de griffons qui, comme ici à l’église Sainte-Croix de Parthenay, se font la révérence par paires, dressés, les ailes déployées."
The closest thing that comes to my mind is "cap", but does anyone know if there is a more architectural term for this in English?
Thank you :-)
Rimas Balsys
Local time: 15:01
archstone or keystone
Explanation:
two meanings in this context.
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Albert Junior EUSTACHE
Haiti
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3 +2archstone or keystone
Albert Junior EUSTACHE


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
archstone or keystone


Explanation:
two meanings in this context.

Albert Junior EUSTACHE
Haiti
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in Haitian-CreoleHaitian-Creole

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Not keystone (which is called clé), but an archstone or archbrick, usually called a voussoir in both French and English.
19 mins
agree  Yolanda Broad
2 days 23 hrs
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