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German term or phrase:
Kalksteinsims
English translation:
limestone ledge
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Anton Baer
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Kalksteinsims
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Durchs Badezimmerfenster wir einen alten Walnußbaum mit drei Astgabeln sehen. Zwischen lebenden Ästen hingen tote Zweige, der zum Teil rindenlose Stamm war mit verlassenen Spechthöhlen übersät. Der Baum hatte ein Kalksteinsims überwachsen, in dem es eine Öffnung gab. Wir fanden beide, daß kein Baum für eine Wichtelmänner-Wohnun besser geeignet sein könne.
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| 4 +3 | limestone ledge |
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| 3 | limestone string course |
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limestone string course
It's not clear from your text whether the Kalksteinsims is part of the house or part of a garden wall.
a string course is a continuous narrow horizontal course or moulding which projects slightly from the surface of a wall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course
This chimney, which steps back twice as it rises to its pinnacle above the highest roofline, is the only part of the house to which the limestone string course, which runs all around the house, defers. Otherwise, the string course underlies the principal second floor windows and serves as the coping for the front bay and for the main entrance vestibule, which is placed diagonally across a corner niche behind the chimney.
http://www.ridgehistoricalsociety.org/wolff/02_11wolff.html
a string course is a continuous narrow horizontal course or moulding which projects slightly from the surface of a wall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course
This chimney, which steps back twice as it rises to its pinnacle above the highest roofline, is the only part of the house to which the limestone string course, which runs all around the house, defers. Otherwise, the string course underlies the principal second floor windows and serves as the coping for the front bay and for the main entrance vestibule, which is placed diagonally across a corner niche behind the chimney.
http://www.ridgehistoricalsociety.org/wolff/02_11wolff.html
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