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BROU [2 records]

Record 1 2010-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

The outer wall of large mesh netting forming part of a trammel net.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Nappe extérieure du filet à trois nappes superposées, dit tramail ou trémail.

CONT

tramail : Filet composé de 3 rets superposés. Celui du milieu, à petites mailles (30 à 70 mm) s'appelle la flue ou demi-folle. [...] Les deux autres rets, à grande mailles (170 à 200 mm) sont les aumées ou hamaux, appelés avant-gardes ou contre-mailles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 2 1983-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Crops
OBS

shell: the covering or outside part of a fruit or seed especially when hard or fibrous.

OBS

When the fruit is dried, the "shell" and "inner shell" look the same.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
DEF

Enveloppe charnue des fruits à noyau.

CONT

Dans la pratique, on n'appelle "brou" que le péricarpe charnu du fruit du noyer, enveloppe épaisse, dure, glabre et verte en dehors, blanche en dedans; mais, de blanche, elle devient noire quand elle subit l'influence de l'air.

Spanish

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