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TAP HOLE [5 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maple Syrup Production
Key term(s)
  • tap hole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acériculture
DEF

[...] trou de quelques centimètres de profondeur percé dans le tronc d'un érable, dans lequel on fiche un chalumeau et par lequel s'écoule la sève.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
  • Furnaces and Ovens (Metallurgy)
CONT

When the furnace is in operation, the iron notch is completely filled with a refractory material called tap-hole clay. To cast the hot metal from the furnace, a tapping hole is drilled through this material, and after the cast has been completed, the hole is plugged again with fresh clay that is extruded into the hole from a mud gun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
  • Fours (Métallurgie)
DEF

Orifice garni de réfractaire par lequel s'effectue la coulée d'un métal en fusion, dans un appareil métallurgique, un four ou une poche de coulée.

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

(...) mettre deux vis, casse-joint dans les deux trous taraudés prévus à cet usage.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
OBS

Forest dieback.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
OBS

Dépérissement des forêts.

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
OBS

Opening near the bottom of the head of a cask which may be closed with a bung or a tap and through which the wine may be drawn off.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

Ouverture inférieure d'un fût dans laquelle s'insère le robinet (cannelle) pour le tirage du vin.

Spanish

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