Longère
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Longère is the name (la longère in French) for a long, narrow dwelling, developing along the axis of its peak, typically inhabited by farmers and artisans and typical of the regions of Brittany and Normandy in northwestern France.[1]
Meanings
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Longère also means a "long wall" or "gutter wall" of a building, whether for a church or house, in Lower Brittany.
See also
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- Dartmoor longhouse
- Longhouse
- Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America
- Neolithic long house
- Housebarn
- Quistinic
- Manoir de Mézarnou
- Moulin d'Olivet
References
[edit]- ^ Alix Brochen; Florence Gervais; Jean Plaquin, eds. (1995). Les mots de la maison: vocabulaire français, anglais, allemand de l'acquisition, de la construction et de la restauration. Eyrolles. p. 157. ISBN 9782212061000. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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