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WHALEBACK [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

... a glacially smoothed, elongated rock exposure in a mammillated topography.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Croupe rocheuse convexe due au dégagement d'un noyau de roche non altérée d'une plate-forme cristalline, située entre de petites dépressions généralement sablonneuses.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A term applied to a weather deck forecastle or poop, which is rounded over at sides in order to shed the water rapidly in heavy weather. (Source : De Kerchove).

OBS

Harraps. Standard French and English Dictionary, v.2, p. 1358. J.E.Mansion, ed. Toronto. 1970

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux

Spanish

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