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MOULINAGE [4 records]

Record 1 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

A factory where raw silk is twisted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Établissement où l'on tord la soie grège.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

When several filament strands, either raw silk or synthetic, are combined and twisted together, producing yarn of a specified thickness, the process is called throwing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Action de combiner et de tordre mécaniquement des fils de soie ou des fils, généralement continus et très fins, d'origine synthétique ou artificielle.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
OBS

windmilling: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • wind-milling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des bateaux

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
OBS

(miner) Ind. Min. Hule, Fr. janv. 1973

Spanish

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