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...Dans la bâtisse on désigne, par chaînes, des piles formées d'assises de pierre ou de matériaux résistants se reliant aux maçonneries et ne présentant pas de saillies sur le nu des murs. On ne trouve que rarement ce procédé employé dans les constructions du moyen âge...

This image comes from Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century (1856) by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879).

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