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VERTICAL GATE [3 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks (Canals)
CONT

Lock gates. (...) Vertical gates, counterweighted and lifted by winch or other gearing mounted on an overhead gantry, can operate against water pressure; as the gate leaves the sill, water enters the chamber, supplementing or replacing the culvert supply. The turbulence is more difficult to control and the overhead gantries impose restrictions on masts and other superstructure of a vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écluses
DEF

Porte qui se meut dans le sens vertical entre deux coulisses, pour intercepter ou laisser libre à volonté le cours des eaux.

CONT

Écluse. Bassin artificiel en maçonnerie muni à chacune de ses extrémités de portes ou de vannes, situé entre deux biefs, et permettant à un bateau de passer d'un niveau supérieur à un niveau inférieur, ou d'un niveau inférieur à un niveau supérieur.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

A gate with its two poles set vertically down the fall line of the hill; thus it is closed rather than open to the descending racer approaching it.

OBS

The skier sees only the uphill marker while approaching a closed gate. See illustration in the Webster's Sports Dictionary, 1976, page 180.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
DEF

Dans les épreuves de ski alpin, ligne virtuelle délimitée par deux piquets de couleur identique plantés dans le sens du tracé et à l'intérieur desquels doivent passer les deux pieds du skieur pour que la porte soit considérée correctement franchie.

OBS

Le skieur ne voit que le piquet amont lorsqu'il s'approche d'une porte fermée.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
OBS

Downhill ski terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
OBS

Termes de ski alpin.

Spanish

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