On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 08:30, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am not at all happy with "berm". It is unfortunately a term used for a > number of different things all related to earthworks. > It appears that the technical term for the part of the range which the shot impacts is known as the butts or a backstop. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_range#Butts_/_backstop Butts/backstop applies to earthen mounds on outdoor ranges and metal plates on indoor ranges. Elsewhere on the page it mentions the term "mound" several times to refer to the earthen butts/backstop on an outdoor range, but "mound" may be a simple descriptive term rather than a technical one. It is also the case that, as far as OSM is concerned, "mound" may be as confusing (or even more confusing) as berm. As far as British Englsh goes, one shooting club site I've found refers to "stop butts" and "butt stops" which makes sense given https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/butt#Etymology_1 Given https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berm and the way the proposal is written, "berm" may be as good as it gets. We could always subtag it... -- Paul
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