Abreuvoir
An abreuvoir /ˌæbrəˈvwɑːr,
Water basin
An abreuvoir is a watering trough, fountain, or other installed basin: originally intended to provide humans and/or animals at a rural or urban watering place with fresh drinking water. They were often located at springs. In pre-automobile era cities, they were built as equestrian water troughs for horses providing transportation. In contemporary times, abreuvoirs are also seen as civic or private fountains in the designed townscape-landscape.
- Translations
- English – Watering trough, basin trough fountain
- Spanish – Abrevadero
- French – Abreuvoir, fontaine pour les animaux
- German – Tränke
- Italian – Abbeveratoio
Stonemasonry
In stonemasonry, as an old or obsolete term, an abreuvoir is a joint or interstice between two stones, to be filled with mortar by a stonemason.
See also
- Bill's horse troughs – vintage Australia
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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