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PEEVY [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Above-Ground Transmission Systems (Electr.)
DEF

A strong pole fitted with a movable hook like a canthook but having a sharp iron or steel spike at the end ...

CONT

The work of dislodging the key log responsible for the jam is difficult and extremely dangerous. Dynamite often is employed to break up a log jam, but men with peaveys and pike poles ordinarily do the untangling ...

OBS

peavy: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Canalisations aériennes (Électricité)
DEF

Outil constitué d'un éperon et d'un crochet articulé métalliques fixés à un long manche de bois [...]

OBS

tourne-bille à éperon : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • tourne-bille

Spanish

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