Thread: Плинтус

Что из этого лучше всего подходит под понятие плинтуса у себя дома?

Я за molding

Маny times in my life I have wanted to talk about that but I didn't have a word for it. I always end up calling it "the board lining the wall" or something. I have no idea what it's supposed to be called. "Wall margin" doesn't look too bad... I wonder what the other English speakers call it...

Maybe plinth or plinth block ?

Производство стальных дверей серии Евростиль с улучшенной отделкой и межкомнатных дверей всех типов и различных моделей фонированных шпоном дуба, бука, ясеня, красного дерева, а также наличники, плинтуса, кресла, стулья, столы, стелажи, вешалки, стойки.
Manufacture of steel doors of Eurostyle series with the improved furnish, manufacture of interroom doors of all types and different models with oak, beech, ash, mahogany veneer sheets as well as frames, plinths, armchairs, chairs, tables, stillages, hangers, stands.

http://stroytekh.ru/2003/files/documents/file1009.doc (see item 28 )

(1a) cornice; (1b) cornice corner; (2) chair rail; (3a) baseboard; (3b) baseboard corner; (4a) casing; (4b) corner block; (4c) plinth block; (4d) pilaster; (5) panel moulding; (6a); (6b) ornament; (7) mantel.

Plinth Block--A square or rectangular base for a column, pilaster or door framing. Plinth blocks are usually thicker, wider and taller than the mouldings that lead into them.

http://www.thehardwoodcompany.com/vocab-moulding.htm

Hi Ken - funny, I wondered only yesterday where you'd gone!

The baseboard - couldn't that be called a plinth as well?

In the UK

(1) is called 'coving' as a general term, though the object itself is usually known as a cornice or a plaster mould.

(2) dado rail

(3) skirting board.

(4c) is called a lintol.

Thank you, all.

I can derive, now, from what you say that it is hard to agree on a common term.

Let's see, we have marvellous words 'baseboard', 'plinth', and 'skirting' let alone a number of extended descriptions... I understand they are most recognizble, right? What would you vote for?

Molding.

Всё-таки это не совсем то

A moulding is a strip of plaster or wood along the top of a wall or round a door, which has been made into an ornamental shape or decorated with a pattern.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Всё-таки это не совсем то :?

A moulding is a strip of plaster or wood along the top of a wall or round a door, which has been made into an ornamental shape or decorated with a pattern.

А вот что говорит Wikipedia: Molding is a strip of material with various cross sections used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration.

Плинтус is a transition between the floor and the wall, вроде так?

Там же приведены типа molding. Вот 2 относящиеся к полу:

Baseboard, "base molding" or "skirting board" — used at the junction of an interior wall and floor to protect the wall from impacts. The so called speed base (a 163 base cap on top of a 1x board and the Victorian base (feathered edge) are the most common baseboards.

Shoe molding, toe molding or quarter-round — often used at the bottom of the baseboard to cover a small gap or uneven edge between the flooring and the baseboard.

Подробнее смотри здесь http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molding_(decorative)

Хм... Вроде понял. Спасибо.

The Russian word плинтус sounds similar to the Latin and Greek origins of the English word "plinth":

plinth . . .
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin plinthus, from Greek plinthos
Date: 1601
1 a: the lowest member of a base : subbase b: a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom
2: a usually square block serving as a base; broadly : any of various bases or lower parts
3: a course of stones forming a continuous foundation or base course

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (2007) http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/plinth

Hi BabaYaga, I don't think a baseboard can also be called a "plinth" because a baseboard is a molding that covers the sides at the bottom of a wall whereas the essence of a plinth is that it is a block at the bottom:

baseboard . . .
Function: noun
Date: 1847
: a board situated at or forming the base of something; specifically : a molding covering the joint of a wall and the adjoining floor

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (2007) http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/baseboard

For the same reason I don't think that it is "skirting" or "skirting board":

skirting . . .
Function: noun
Date: 1764
1: something that skirts: as a: border, edging b: chiefly British : baseboard —called also skirting board

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (2007) http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/skirting

Originally Posted by Ken Watts

Hi BabaYaga, I don't think a baseboard can also be called a "plinth" because a baseboard is a molding that covers the sides at the bottom of a wall whereas the essence of a plinth is that it is a block at the bottom:

baseboard . . .
Function: noun
Date: 1847
: a board situated at or forming the base of something; specifically : a molding covering the joint of a wall and the adjoining floor

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (2007) http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/baseboard

For the same reason I don't think that it is "skirting" or "skirting board":
[quote:2xf2xerl]skirting . . .
Function: noun
Date: 1764
1: something that skirts: as a: border, edging b: chiefly British : baseboard —called also skirting board

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (2007) http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/skirting[/quote:2xf2xerl]


Aaaah, yes, that explains my confuddlement - I knew there was something wrong with "plinth" but I couldn't for the life of me think what it was..... Thanks for clearing that up...

As for baseboard/skirting-board: I had never before heard the word "baseboard". And sure enough, when I looked it up, I found it in my Webster, but not in my Oxford dictionary - so that's deffo a case of UK versus US english. For me, it's very much "skirting-board".

When it is really fancy, it is called Molding.
However, when it just has a clean look to it it can be called trim.

Oh yeah, trim too, or trimming.

It depends what variant of English he is learning. I think Rytom learns British English, so he should probably stick to "skirting board" as this is by far the most common term we use for it here. Molding, trimming, etc. are not at all used for it in Britain.

I appreciate any variant that is used. Thank you for specifying the British variant.

In total, molding or millwork. Installed by finish carpenters.

Originally Posted by capecoddah

In total, molding or millwork. Installed by finish carpenters.

If you are talking to an American, that is. If you are talking to a British person they won't have a clue what that you are talking about.