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Hot walls

Scope note

Use for garden walls provided with heating channels, or flues, which create an artificial microclimate for assisting in the growth or ripening of fruit tress or shrubs trained against the walls; popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000179263

Broader Terms used

<walls by function>

Equivalent Terms used

hot wall

Created

13yrs ago

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