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boiser [2 records]

Record 1 1997-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

to establish forest cover on (as land not previously forested).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

garnir d'arbres, planter d'arbres un terrain nu.

CONT

Boiser une montagne.

Spanish

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Record 2 1979-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lining of Mineshafts and Passages
  • Mining Dangers and Mine Safety
DEF

To set or place timbers in a mine.

DEF

Timber: Any of the wooden props, posts, bars, collars, lagging, etc., used to support mine workings. (...) One of the steel joists or beams, which have in some mines replaced wooden timbers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements des puits et galeries (Mines)
  • Exploitation minière (dangers et sécurité)
DEF

Exécuter le soutènement d'une excavation: chantier d'exploitation ou galerie, même si ce soutènement est métallique en partie ou en totalité.

Spanish

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