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dresser [9 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2023-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Performing Arts (General)
DEF

The person who is responsible for the delivery and handling of costumes and who sometimes aids the stars or performers with costume changes.

Key term(s)
  • ward-robe attendant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
DEF

Personne responsable de la manipulation des costumes et qui peut, à l'occasion, aider les [artistes] à s'habiller.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

dresser: an item in the "Furniture" class of the "Furnishings" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

commode-coiffeuse : objet de la classe «Meubles» de la catégorie «Ameublement et accessoires».

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Metallurgy - General

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Métallurgie générale

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
  • Grinding (Machine-Tooling)
DEF

A tool for cleaning, resharpening, and restoring the mechanical accuracy of the cutting faces of grinding wheels.

OBS

Dressing is the operation of cleaning or restoring the sharpness of the wheel face that has become dulled or loaded with material being ground.

OBS

There are several types of wheel dressers: diamond-point, rotary-type, star-type, etc.

OBS

wheel dresser: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
  • Meulage (Usinage)
DEF

Outil servant au nettoyage, au réaffûtage et à la remise en état du mécanisme de précision des surfaces tranchantes d'une meule.

OBS

dresse-meule : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

A little buffet ... divided into two parts, the lower being used for storing food and utensils, and the top for displaying faience and pewter. (A Guide to Canadian Furniture, 1968, p. 151).

CONT

The dresser could have as many as six shelves; the number varied with the owner's social position. (Dictionary of Furniture, 1985, p. 39).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Buffet surmonté d'étagères sur lesquelles on dispose la vaisselle.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Home Furniture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier domestique

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Home Furniture
DEF

A piece of bedroom furniture (as a chest of drawers or bureau) with a mirror.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier domestique

Spanish

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Record 9 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A surgical assistant who dresses wounds, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

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