HACK HAMMER

HACK Layer; Piocher

Construction of R.C. and P.C.; Masonry; Work

1. To perform hacking on a concrete surface. Syn. with COMB-HAMMER; TOOL

2. To shape and dress the facing of ashlar or a quarry stone with a comb-hammer.

3. To perform hacking. Syn. with KEY

HACK UP Hacher

Masonry

1. To prepare a facing before its surface dressing by picking with a pick or a hatchet to obtain a better adhesion of the rendering.

2. To link the facing of a stone before carrying out the rustic work.

HACK-AND-COAT Recharger

Masonry

To hack and build-up a rendering in extra thickness.

HACKED STONE Pierre lay e

Masonry

A stone dressed with a comb-hammer.

HACKING Piquage du b ton; Piochement

Construction of R.C. and P.C.; Work

1. The stabbing of a construction facing to make it uneven so as to bring back a rendering to it or make some surface defects disappear

2. The performing of a work with pickaxe (demolition of rendering, earthwork, cut of stone, etc.). Syn. with KEYING

HACKING Plum e Plom e Hachement; Layage

Masonry

1. The scabbing of a coating over a weak width. This task is carried out when one builds a wall in a perpendicular join with an already existing wall. The hacking is intended for ensuring a better connection between the two walls.

2. The preliminary task to the cut of sides of an ashlar, consisting in digging, on the circumference of a side, a notch which will be used as a guide to dress the facing.

3. A light recutting of a facing to prepare it...