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SLEIGH [5 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

sleigh: an item in the "Land Transportation Tools and Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

traîneau : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de transport terrestre» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
DEF

A small, low vehicle consisting of a platform of boards on narrow metal runners, used as a plaything for going over snow or ice and coasting down snow-covered hills.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
DEF

Petite voiture [munie de patins] dont les enfants se servent pour glisser.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A bench accessory that provides a guide for the tang.

CONT

A metal bar ... may be bolted upon the sleigh plate and can be swiveled as well as moved back and forth; a sleigh has two metal pins against which the tang rests; some sleighs have one pin and a guide rail that replaces the rear pin.

OBS

Figure C/B 11.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Accessoire d'établi servant au guidage de la pince.

CONT

Le mouvement de va-et-vient de la pince sur le disque est facilité par l'emploi de glissières. Elles peuvent êtres fixes et consistent en un plateau métallique sur lequel est fixée une butée [...] D'autres glissières également métalliques, sont mobiles et servent de point d'appui aux pieds de la pince.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Heritage
DEF

A light carriage mounted on runners, used for carrying persons over snow or ice, and usually drawn by a horse or horses.

OBS

A cutter is a kind of sleigh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Patrimoine
DEF

Traîneau d'hiver sur patins bas et d'un certain luxe, qui sert au transport des voyageurs.

CONT

Décembre vint, amenant les Fêtes : la messe de minuit avec les carrioles dont les patins crissent sur la neige dure. Ringuet, Trente arpents.

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
OBS

Pièce d'obusier.

OBS

Source : termino. militaire MDN.

Spanish

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