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Record 1 2019-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
CONT

A whale-boat is a boat between thirty and forty feet long, made of plates of sheet-iron fastened together by rivets. It is generally sheltered in the centre by a roofing of mats, arranged archwise and forming a kind of tunnel; this is the shimbeck ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Toit couvrant de la baleinière.

CONT

La baleinière est une barque de 9 à 12 mètres de long, composée de plaques de tôle reliées entre elles par des boulons. Le milieu de la baleinière est le plus souvent protégé par une toiture de nattes, qui se recourbe en cintre et forme tunnel; c'est le shimbeck [...]

Spanish

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