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FLEURET [7 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

foil: an item in the "Sports Equipment" class of the "Recreational Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

fleuret : objet de la classe «Équipement de sport» de la catégorie «Objets récréatifs».

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Fencing
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

A kind of small-sword with a blunt edge and a button at the point [used in fencing].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Escrime
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Épée à lame de section carrée, au bout garni de peau [...], pour s'exercer à l'escrime.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Esgrima
  • Objetos de colección (Museos y Patrimonio)
DEF

Arma de esgrima ligera con una hoja con sección en forma de cruz y una pequeña guarda en forma de campana.

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Record 3 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
  • Ground-Drilling Facilities (Mining)
  • Construction Site Equipment
DEF

A cutting device attached to, or part of, a drill rod or string to bore or penetrate rocks.

CONT

Drill steel. In rock drilling, the round or hexagonal steel bar (not less than 18 mm across the flats) which enters the hole in the rock. It has a drill bit forged or screwed on to its end.

CONT

The drill bit is a short section screwed onto shaft at varying lengths up to 48 inches and may be tipped with very hard material.

OBS

When the bit is not part of the drill itself, it is called "detachable bit", "knock-off bit", or "rip bit."

PHR

Raise borer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
  • Installations de forage minier
  • Matériel de chantier
DEF

Instrument en acier à pointe biseautée utilisé en terrassement pour le forage des trous d'explosifs ou dans le forage minier pour le creusage de trous de mine.

CONT

Le forage des trous de mine [...] s'effectue [...] au moyen des marteaux perforateurs pneumatiques à avancement automatique équipés de fleurets à taillants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Túneles, viaductos y puentes
  • Instalaciones de perforación minera
  • Equipos de construcción
DEF

Instrumento de filo cortante y giratorio con que se taladran los metales, la madera y otras materias sólidas.

CONT

Para sondar y abrir barrenos, se usan varias clases de barrenas o sondas de mano giratorias (barrenas ordinarias, de cuchara y de saco) y de percusión (de sección llena, helicoidales o huecas, por cuyo taladro se inyecta aire comprimido o agua para arrastrar el polvo arrancado a la roca). Su boca puede tener filo simple o doble, o bien en forma de corona, de cruz o de zeta.

OBS

Los términos "barreno" y "taladro" son polisémicos dentro del mismo campo. "Barreno" puede significar tanto el instrumento de filo cortante como el agujero que se taladra con él. "Taladro", a su vez, puede hacer referencia al instrumento filoso, al aparato en el que se coloca dicho instrumento y al agujero que deja.

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Record 4 2011-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
DEF

A steel bar which is used as a drilling or boring tool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
DEF

A bar of this metal (steel) that has one end formed as a bit for driving through rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
DEF

Outil de forage constitué d'une tige d'acier creuse emmanchée dans le marteau et comportant à son extrémité un taillant fixe ou amovible.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)
DEF

Silk waste from the reeling process, especially the outer waste (floss).

CONT

Short outside fibers of the silkworm's cocoon, the inner fibers from the cocoon, and the fiber from pierced cocoons are known as frisons and are made into spun silk yarns. Fibers are cut into fairly uniform lengths, combed, and twisted into yarns ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries
DEF

Déchet de soie naturelle produit lors du battage des cocons, avant leur dévidage.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries

Spanish

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