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TAIL-PIECE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

A tubelike item cylindrical in shape, used to connect sink drains, and the like, to drain traps.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
DEF

Article de forme cylindrique ressemblant à un tube et utilisé pour relier les vidanges d'évier, les vidanges de lavabos, etc. [...] au siphon de vidange.

OBS

pièce de raccordement : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
  • Music (General)
DEF

A triangular piece ... between which and the pegs the strings of a stringed musical instrument are stretched.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Dans les instruments à cordes, pièce de bois permettant de fixer les cordes à leur extrémité inférieure et se terminant par une attache en corde de boyau fixée à un bouton.

Spanish

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