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BOIS FIL TRANCHE [1 record]

Record 1 2018-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
DEF

Wood in which the fibers deviate from a line parallel to the sides of the piece.

OBS

Cross grain may be either diagonal or spiral grain, or a combination of the two.

OBS

cross-grained wood: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Bois dont les lignes ne sont pas alignées parallèlement à l'axe de la pièce.

OBS

contrefil : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

bois à fil tranché; bois à contre-fil : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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