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bull's-eye [5 records]

Record 1 2023-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Ballistics
DEF

In direct fire, the centre of the target.

Key term(s)
  • bull's eye

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Balistique
DEF

En tir direct, le centre de la cible.

OBS

point de visée : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A small round or, more usually, oval window as in the Salon de l'Oeil de Boeuf at Versailles. There are three ranges of them in the dome of St. Peter's, Rome.

DEF

Fixed oval [or round] window, generally with surrounding moldings and ornaments, often found on Colonial Revival Houses.

CONT

The Collegio dei Nobili rises in three main storeys, the ground floor lost a little in confusion, but the windows of the two upper floors showing his favourite device since his monastery for the Theatines at Messines, of lifting the arms of the broken pediments above his windows in order to hold and excuse the oeil-de-boeuf openings in the mezzanine floor above them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Lucarne, fenêtre ronde ou ovale pratiquée dans la partie supérieure d'un édifice ou dans un mur.

OBS

Pluriel : des œils(-)de(-)bœuf.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Ventana redonda u ovalada.

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Record 3 2002-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Archery
DEF

The gold circle on a target.

OBS

Worth 10 points.

Key term(s)
  • bull's-eye gold

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Tir à l'arc
OBS

Vaut 10 points.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Tiro con arco
OBS

Vale 10 puntos.

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Record 4 2001-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shooting (Sports)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tir (Sports)
CONT

Le tireur a fait mouche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tiro (Deportes)
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Record 5 1986-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ornamental Glassware
  • Glass Manufacturing
CONT

Crown glass method: ... After this disk is broken from the pountil, leaving a bull's-eye in the center, it is annealed and cut into panes.

OBS

It was the centre part of a large pane of crown glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verrerie d'art
  • Fabrication du verre
CONT

Procédé de la cive ou boudine : (...) Le plateau [de verre] terminé gardait en son centre une sorte de lentille plus épaisse, la loupe ou boudine.

Spanish

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