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CLOCKWORK SPIT [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Chimneys (Building Elements)
OBS

spit : A cooking implement consisting of a slender sharp-pointed rod of metal or wood, used for thrusting into or through meat which is to be roasted at a fire ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Cheminées (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Broche à picots à manivelle. Cette broche comporte, à la naissance de la manivelle, quatre picots en L implantés dans un disque solidaire de la lame. Les picots font office de fourche fixe et permettent de bloquer le quartier de viande (...) (Raymond Lecoq, Les objets de la vie domestique, 1979, p. 119.).

Spanish

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