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RASQUETA DESCORTEZADORA [1 record]

Record 1 2002-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

A hand tool used to strip bark from trees (Terms of the Trade: A Handbook for the Forest Products Industry, 1978, p. 89).

French

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

Outil constitué d'une lame tranchante légèrement recourbée fixée à un manche, et servant à écorcer les arbres.

OBS

L'écorçage manuel, à l'aide d'un fer à écorcer ou d'une plane, est peu fréquent dans l'Est du Canada, mais il se pratique dans certaines régions, au printemps, lorsque l'arbre est en sève. Il s'agit surtout de bois destinés à l'exportation vers l'Europe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación forestal
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
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