parapet; balustrade (kind of railing, usually of stone and often solid rather than in the form of a fence)
çekim: çoğul Brüstungen · tamlayan Brüstungen
eş: Brustlehne, Brustwehr, Parapet, Mauerbrüstung, Fensterbrett, Fensterbank
🔊 Er sah sie, von Schneeflocken umweht, auf einem kleinen Balkon stehen, die Hände auf die Brüstung gestützt und nach unten blickend.
retaining wall
çekim: çoğul murs de soutènement
a wall built to avert water from a stretch of land, such as a quay wall
çekim: çoğul keermuren
eş: keerwand
köken: From keren (“to turn (away)”) + muur (“wall”).
retaining wall
köken: Sino-Korean word from 擁壁.
abutment (solid structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault) · retaining wall (wall used to restrain a vertical-faced mass of earth)
çekim: çoğul tukimuurit · tamlayan tukimuurin
köken: tuki (“support”) + muuri (“wall”)
bancal
çekim: çoğul bancais
köken: Attested since the 14th century. From banco (“bench”) + -al.
🔊 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295
retaining wall
çekim: çoğul euste-hormak · tamlayan euste-hormaren
köken: From euste (“support”) + horma (“wall”).