sablière

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sablière

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• IPA^(key): /sa.bli.jɛʁ/ ~ /sɑ.bli.jɛʁ/

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sablière f (plural sablières)

1. sand quarry
2. sandbox (on a train)
3. lower purlin, at the bottom of a timber framing

   Synonyms: panne sablière, panne

• sablier

• “sablière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.