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MACHINE-MADE WIG [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

... wig ... [made] from hair weft in which the weft is mechanically sewn in a spiral pattern, pivoting from the crown and spaced 1/2 in to 1 in apart. These wigs can be adjusted for size by means of elastic in the nape.

OBS

machine made: term used to indicate that a wig or hairpiece had been made by machine and not by hand.

OBS

machine-made wig: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
OBS

Les postiches implantés à la machine [...] On les reconnaît facilement car, sur les perruques, demi-perruques et dessus de tête traités de cette façon, les cheveux sont implantés par rangées parallèles espacées de 1 à 2 centimètres.

OBS

perruque implantée à la machine : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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