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WHEEL BARROW [1 record]

Record 1 2008-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
DEF

A hand-pushed vehicle, consisting of a boxlike or dish-shaped body supported on two shafts, arranged in a V with handles at the spread end and a wheel and axle at the point ... It is used by laborers, farmers, gardeners, and others for transporting loads too heavy or bulky to be carried by hand ...

OBS

wheelbarrow: standardized by the British Standards Institution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
DEF

Petit tombereau à main, à une roue et à deux brancards, servant au transport horizontal des matériaux.

CONT

Brouette de jardinier, de terrassier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipos de construcción
  • Aperos agrícolas e implementos de horticultura
DEF

Carro pequeño de mano, generalmente de una sola rueda, con un cajón para poner la carga y, en la parte posterior, dos varas para dirigirlo y dos pies en que descansa, utilizado en las obras para trasladar tierra, arena y otros materiales.

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