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à clin [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

[Referring to boats] made of boards or metal plates that overlap one another.

PHR

clinker-built boat

Key term(s)
  • lap-strake
  • lap-streak

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
DEF

[Se dit d'un] mode de construction des coques dans lequel les bordés se recouvrent longitudinalement en tuiles.

PHR

bordage à clin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción naval
CONT

Las planchas de madera con las que se construye el forro pueden ir solapadas (en tingladillo), que es el procedimiento utilizado en las embarcaciones de origen escandinavo.

OBS

tingladillo: Disposición de las tablas [...] del forro del casco cuando, en vez de estar unidas, a tope, monta el borde de unas sobre el de otras, como las pizarras en un tejado.

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Record 2 2013-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exterior Covering Materials
DEF

A long thin board, graduating in thickness from one end to the other, used for siding, the thick end overlapping the thin portion of the board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements extérieurs
DEF

Dosse de bois ou planche utilisée en bardage mural horizontal, chaque clin recouvrant le clin inférieur pour assurer l'étanchéité contre les pluies battantes; on utilise aussi, de plus en plus, des clins métalliques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Revestimientos para exteriores
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