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MAKE-AND-MEND [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship's Organization (Military)
DEF

Make and mend (abbr. of clothes). Afternoon during which no routine work is done and, in theory, devoted to refurbishing kit, piped (qv) immediately after dinner is piped (at one time normally Thursdays, now Saturdays and sometimes Wednesdays as well or after particularly arduous work during previous night).

OBS

make-and-mend: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du navire (Militaire)
OBS

Maintenant, temps consacré aux loisirs.

OBS

après-midi de congé : Terminologie adoptée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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