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PIKE POLE [4 records]

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Record 1 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Outfitting of Ships

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armement et gréement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
DEF

Palo armado con un pincho de hierro, que se usa para atacar o defenderse.

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Record 2 2018-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Wood
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

A pole usually 12 to 20 feet long with a pike in one end used in directing floating logs ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport du bois
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Longue perche à l'extrémité de laquelle est fixée une pointe de fer garnie latéralement d'un crochet; la gaffe sert à [...] manœuvrer les grumes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Electric Power Distribution
OBS

pike pole: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick) in 1990.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Distribution électrique
OBS

perche à poteau : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques du Nouveau-Brunswick en 1990.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
DEF

A type of plaster hook with metal head shaped in the fashion of an old-style battle pike.

DEF

A long wooden or fiberglass pole with a sharp metal point and a spur-like hook, used to pull down plaster, especially from ceilings, to expose hidden fire.

DEF

Tool consisting of a pole, having a metal point with a spur at right angles, mainly used to pull down ceilings, etc., to gain access to burning materials.

OBS

Pike pole, ceiling hook; terms and definition (c) standardized by ISO.

OBS

Although considered as synonymous with "pike pole" and "ceiling hook" by some authors, the term "plaster hook" should not be confused with those.

OBS

See record "plaster hook/croc à incendie."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
DEF

Perche spéciale munie d'un crochet éperon métallique aux angles droits et utilisée notamment pour abattre des plafonds, etc., afin de découvrir les matériaux en combustion.

DEF

Perche munie d'un double crochet de fer, destinée à faire tomber des matériaux légers et, éventuellement, à effectuer des recherches dans les nappes d'eau.

OBS

Gaffe : terme et définition (c) normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

Voir la fiche «croc à incendie / plaster hook».

Spanish

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