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WIRE NAIL [3 records]

Record 1 2003-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Fasteners
  • Building Hardware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clouterie et visserie
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Clavos y tornillos
  • Artículos de ferretería para la construcción
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Record 2 2003-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rough Carpentry
  • Metal Fasteners

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpenterie
  • Clouterie et visserie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carpintería
  • Clavos y tornillos
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Record 3 2000-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Hardware
  • Metal Fasteners
DEF

A nail made by cutting and shaping a piece of round or elliptical steel wire.

DEF

A nail circular in section, not tapering but pointed, and having a thin circular swaged head; ...

DEF

Any one of several types of nails made of wire, especially those used in finishing work.

OBS

Nails fall into two broad categories, "wire nails" and "cut nails" ....

OBS

Cut nail: a heavy carpentry nail of rectangular cross-section, made by cutting a sheet of steel plate, as opposed to forging wire to make wire nails. Cut nails cannot be bent over and clenched like wire nails.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
  • Clouterie et visserie
OBS

Pour fabriquer les clous, des machines coupent à froid le fil d'acier aux longueurs voulues, tandis qu'elles forment leur tête et leur pointe. Comme matière première, pour les clous ordinaires, on emploie surtout l'acier tréfilé.

Spanish

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