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Aug 10, 2010 17:23
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English term

forage

English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
The term comes from a bill of quantities re construction of an underground station. Here are some examples of how it is used:

Forage for HEB300 profile
Forage conrete C12/15 for HEB300 profile
Forage for HEB240 profile
Forage conrete C12/15 for HEB240 profile
Transportation of excavated material from piling execution to the disposal area (for whole forage)
1200 mm diam. empty borehole forage for piling (25 piles)

Discussion

Tomasz Kościuczuk (asker) Aug 30, 2010:
Tnanks Thank you for your support. Indeed, for some reason the author used a French word for drilling.
juvera Aug 10, 2010:
Not used in English But here is an English - French dictionary extract:
bore [ground investigation] forage... n
bore [tunnel, pile] creuser, forer... vb
borehole [bored, drilled] forage... m
boring [a tunnel, pile, hole] forage...m
liz askew Aug 10, 2010:
I have just seen the discussion now, after having looked into this myself and thought about "forage", as in French: see: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qrXS_ya...
liz askew Aug 10, 2010:
I have just seen the discussion now, after having looked into this myself and thought about "forage", as in French: see: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qrXS_ya...
Tomasz Kościuczuk (asker) Aug 10, 2010:
No French liaisons as far as I know, but the French meaning of a borehole seems to fit in the context. Could sm'b confirm this is possible in EN?
Polangmar Aug 10, 2010:
Is the text of French origin?
Tomasz Kościuczuk (asker) Aug 10, 2010:
The question is... ...what does forage mean in this context:-)
R. Alex Jenkins Aug 10, 2010:
Hi Tomasz What's the question?
Is this the right pair: English to English ?

Responses

18 days

to drill, to bore

The writer/translator used the wrong synonym.
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