setts

UK
/sɛts/
US
/sɛts/

Übersetzungen

settverb

setts

setted
Präteritum
setted
Partizip Perfekt
setting
Gerundium
UK
/sɛt/
US
/sɛt/
Chiefly British mining usage: to lease ground for mineral extraction.
concéderDans le domaine minier.
The duchy regularly setts small plots to independent prospectors.
Le duché concède régulièrement de petites parcelles à des prospecteurs indépendants.
settsubstantiv

setts

Pl.

setts
Pl.
UK
/sɛt/
US
/sɛt/
The badger retreated into its sett as the sun began to rise.
Le blaireau s’est réfugié dans son terrier alors que le soleil commençait à se lever.
concessionDans le domaine minier.
He acquired a tin sett on the moor and began operations the following spring.
Il a acquis une concession d’étain dans la lande et a commencé l’exploitation au printemps suivant.
The old street was lined with setts, giving it a charming, rustic appearance.
La vieille rue était bordée de pavés, ce qui lui donnait un charme rustique.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
motifTextile, en particulier pour le dessin d’un tartan.

Definitionen

settverb
Chiefly mining, transitive: to lease (land or mineral rights) to miners under agreed conditions.
The duchy regularly setts small plots to independent prospectors.
settsubstantiv
A burrow or system of tunnels in the ground made by a badger.
The badger retreated into its sett as the sun began to rise.
A small rectangular paving stone used in road surfaces.
The old street was lined with setts, giving it a charming, rustic appearance.
In textiles, the pattern or arrangement of stripes and colours that makes up a tartan.
The designer chose a traditional clan sett for the fabric.
Mining: a piece of land or the right to work minerals in a specified area that is leased to miners under certain conditions.
He acquired a tin sett on the moor and began operations the following spring.