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fiddleback-grained wood [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
OBS

fiddleback: (of a veneer figure) having close, fine, dark stripes.

OBS

fiddleback-grained: Figure produced by a type of fine wavy grain found, for example, in species of maple, such wood being traditionally used for the back of violins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Placage dont le bois possède un fil ondé finement et régulièrement, comme on peut le voir au dos de certains violons.

Spanish

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