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BLOQUER PASSAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

To throw a rock that stops between two rocks already on the play, occupying the space in-between them.

OBS

opening (noun): A space between two rocks that is wide enough for a delivered rock to slip by between them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Placer une pierre de sorte qu'elle s'immobilise entre deux pierres déjà sur le jeu de façon à occuper l'espace qui existait entre elles.

OBS

ouverture : Écart suffisamment grand entre deux pierres pour qu'une pierre lancée puisse s'y faufiler.

Spanish

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