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DEFONCEUSE PORTEE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Road Construction
  • Earthmoving
DEF

A claw-shaped, plowlike attachment used on a bulldozer to loosen rock and locate solid formations that may require explosives in clearing a right-of-way for pipeline construction.

CONT

Rippers are ... mounted or towed at the rear of a tractor [each] consists of a frame that ... has long, angled teeth that are ... forced into the ground surface, ripping it loose to a depth of 2 ft or more.

OBS

ripper : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Terrassement
DEF

Équipement monté à l'arrière d'un bouteur, constitué par un cadre lourd, muni d'une à trois dents massives et servant à défoncer et à fracturer en profondeur les sols compacts et les roches semi-dures. [Définition normalisée par l'Office de la langue française du Québec.]

OBS

défonceuse : terme normalisé par l'ISO et par l'OLF; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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