Vernacular Terms

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🞂 Vernacular Term (Liyabe)

🞂 A wrench (or spanner) is a tool used to
provide grip and mechanical advantage in
applying torque to turn objects—usually
rotary fasteners, such as nuts and bolts—or
keep them from turning.
Aligned
🞂 Vernacular Term (Kaliniya)
🞂 To bring into alignment
🞂 To get or fall in line
Alignment
🞂 Vernacular Term (Asintada)
🞂 The act of aligning
🞂 The state of being aligned
Alternate or Staggered
🞂 Vernacular Term (Uno Sinotra)
🞂 Occurring or succeeding by turns
Astragal
🞂 Vernacular Term (Batidura)
🞂 A narrow half-round molding
Banisters
🞂 Vernacular Terms (Barandil)
🞂 A handrail with its supporting posts
Barrel Bolt
🞂 Vernacular Term (Trankilya)
🞂 A rod-shaped bolt for fastening a door or the
like, attached to one side of the door at the
edge and sliding into a socket on the frame
of the opening.
Brace
🞂 Vernacular Term (Pie de Gallo)
🞂 A piece of timber or metal that is used for
supporting or positioning another piece or
portion of a framework.
Canopy
🞂 Vernacular Term (Media Agua)
🞂 A covering, usually of fabric, supported on
poles or suspended above a bed, throne,
exalted personage, or sacred object.
Cast Iron
🞂 Vernacular Term (Pundido)
🞂 An alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements,
cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and
brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and
methods of molding.
Eave
🞂 Vernacular Term (Alero, Barakilan)
🞂 the edge of a roof that projects beyond the
wall
Fascia Board
🞂 Vernacular Term (Senepa)
🞂 Is an architectural term for a frieze or band
running horizontally and situated vertically
under a roof edge.
🞂 Typically consisting of wooden boards or
sheet metal, the longer dimension is installed
horizontally.
Floor Joist
🞂 Vernacular Term (Soleras)
🞂 Joists that support the floor
🞂 Beam used to support floors
Fillet
🞂 Vernacular Term (Batidura)
🞂 A rectangular molding
Flooring
🞂 Vernacular Term (Sahig, Suelo)
🞂 the general term for a permanent covering of
a floor, or for the work of installing such a
floor covering
Foundation or Footing
🞂 Vernacular Term (Pundasyon)
🞂 Part of a structural system that supports and
anchors the superstructure of a building and
transmits its loads directly to the earth.
Framework
🞂 Vernacular Term (Balangkas)
🞂 An essential supporting structure of a
building, vehicle, or object.
Gable Roof
🞂 Vernacular Term (Dos Aguas)
🞂 A gable is the generally triangular portion of
a wall between the edges of a sloping roof.
Girder
🞂 Vernacular Term (Guililan)
🞂 A girder is a support beam used in
construction.
Gravel
🞂 Vernacular Term (Graba)
🞂 is composed of unconsolidated rock
fragments that have a general particle
size range and include size classes from
granule- to boulder-sized fragments.
Roof-Atip, Bubong
A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A
roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of
weather and the invasion of animals.
Concrete slab - larga masa
A concrete slab is a common
structural element of modern
buildings. Horizontal slabs of steel
reinforced concrete, typically between
100 and 500 millimeters thick, are
most often used to construct floors
and ceilings, while thinner slabs are
also used for exterior paving.
Ceiling – kisame
A ceiling is an overhead interior surface that covers
the upper limit of a room. It is not generally
considered a structural element, but a finished
surface concealing the underside of the floor or roof
structure above.
Column - kolumna , haligue
Column or pillar in architecture and
structural engineering is a structural element
that transmits, through compression,
Reinforcing Bar-Cabilla, Bakal
is a common steel bar that is commonly used as a tension device in
reinforced concrete and reinforced masonry structures, to
strengthen and hold the concrete in compression.
It is usually in the form of carbon steel bars or wires, and the
surfaces may be deformed for a better bond with the concrete.
Known as reinforcing steel and reinforcement steel
Sand -Buhangin
Sand is a naturally occurring granular Sand from Coral Pink Sand Dunes
Sand from Pismo
Beach, California.
State Park, Utah. These are grains
material composed of finely divided of quartz with a hematite coating
Components are
primarily quartz,
providing the orange color.
rock and mineral particles chert, igneous rock
and shell fragments.
Sand dunes in Libya.
Close-up (1×1 cm) of sand from the

Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
Water Closet - Inidoro
A flush toilet is a toilet that disposes of human waste by using water
to flush it through a drainpipe to another location.
Since flush toilets are typically not designed to handle waste on site,
their drain pipes must be connected to waste conveyance and waste
treatment systems
Also called a lavatory, a bog (UK), a pot (USA), a loo, a john, a water
closet (abbreviated "W.C.")
Window Grille - Rehas
It is an opening of several slits side by side in a wall
or metal sheet or other barrier, usually to let air or
water enter and/or leave but keep larger objects
including people and animals in or out.

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Sand dunes in Libya.

Close-up (1×1 cm) of sand from the

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