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JAMBETTE [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de combat
DEF

Action d'accrocher la jambe, les jambes d['un adversaire] avec le pied pour le faire tomber.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de lucha
DEF

Acción de cruzar alguien su pierna por entre las de [un adversario] para hacerle perder el equilibrio y caer.

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Record 2 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

One of a pair of truss posts, which are set at the same distance from the middle of the truss to support the principal rafters and to suspend the tie beams below.

OBS

In a queen-post truss, the side posts may be called princess posts and are set between the queen posts and the wall on each side.

Key term(s)
  • princess post
  • queen post

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Courte pièce verticale qui, dans une charpente, soulage la partie inférieure d'un arbalétrier.

Spanish

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