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SE COUVRIR [3 records]

Record 1 2005-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Not tracking up: This is when the hind legs of the horse are idle and they do not reach the imprint left by the fore leg which they should do, except in the collected paces.

OBS

If the rear foot of a horse sets down squarely on the track of the same side front foot as it is set down, the horse is said to be capping.

Key term(s)
  • track true

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Se dit du cheval dont l'empreinte du postérieur couvre celle de l'antérieur lorsqu'il marche ou trotte.

Key term(s)
  • se couvrir

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 2 2001-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 3 1991-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

The act of buying a security previously sold short, that is one not owned by the seller at the time of the sale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Action d'acheter une valeur que l'on a auparavant vendue à découvert, c'est-à dire que l'on a vendue alors qu'on ne la détenait pas.

Spanish

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