vakwerk

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (neuter) a good, professional-level job, ably skilled performance
2. (neuter) a construction technique where a building's (exterior) wall is divided up by wooden laths into squares, often subdivided diagonally, then each square or triangle filled up with plaster etc.; a timber-framing construction
3. (neuter) a truss, a support structure of interconnected beams or girders forming triangles

Sinonieme

beroep

Vertalings

Zimmerwerk

Gerüst

Gebälk

timber framing

Fachwerk

framed structure

colombage

traliccio

struttura a traliccio

enxaimel

entramado

framework

trelliswork

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈvɑk.ʋɛrk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Compound of vak (“section, compartment; business, trade”) + werk (“work”). The sense “timber framing” is likely derived from German Fachwerk.