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LOGGERS DOG [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1988-02-09
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Forestry Operations
- Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- log dog
1, record 1, English, log%20dog
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- dog 2, record 1, English, dog
correct
- loggers dog 3, record 1, English, loggers%20dog
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A short, heavy piece of steel, acutely bent, pointed at both ends, used to hold logs firmly in place before hewing with an axe and made in two types : a) from a single piece of forged steel bar b) from a single steel bar rigid at one end and terminated by a balancing spurred arm at the other end. 4, record 1, English, - log%20dog
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation forestière
- Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- clameau
1, record 1, French, clameau
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- happe 1, record 1, French, happe
correct, feminine noun
- crampon 2, record 1, French, crampon
masculine noun, regional, obsolete
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Espèce de crampon à deux pointes qui sert à lier ... deux pièces de bois. 1, record 1, French, - clameau
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
L'usage du "clameau" en exploitation forestière consiste à planter une extrémité dans une pièce de bois (poutre, bille, grume) placée perpendiculairement sous une autre pièce retenue par l'autre extrémité de l'outil de façon à retenir fermement la section devant être équarrie à la hache. 3, record 1, French, - clameau
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Au Canada français on a pendant longtemps désigné sous le nom de "crampon" le clameau. Voir à ce sujet "L'encyclopédie des antiquités du Québec" de Michel Lessard et Huguette Marquis, à la section "outils" ainsi que la publication "Collection d'outils anciens à travailler le bois" (collection Arthur Pascal), page 3. 3, record 1, French, - clameau
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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