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TRAPPE SABLE [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

... a hole in the ground, sometimes a crater, filled with sand, and designated as a hazard.

CONT

Among the difficulties of the game are natural hazards such as trees, water ponds, bushes or the rough surrounding the tee-off or along the fairway; and artificial hazards such as water hazards, ditches, embankments and bunkers or sand traps built along the alleys or close to the green.

CONT

If the sand is relatively level and the lip of the bunker is very low ... chip the ball out with a pitching wedge or 9-iron.

OBS

The term "bunker" is usually used as a synonym for "sand trap" although it can also designate a grass trap or other types of hazards.

OBS

bunker: the official and authorized term.

OBS

sand trap: term used at Natural Resources Canada- Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • sand-trap
  • sandtrap

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Obstacle de sable.

CONT

Au nombre des difficultés du jeu, il y a les obstacles naturels, arbres, plans d'eau, buissons, ou herbes longues entourant le tertre de départ ou en bordure des allées; et les obstacles artificiels, pièces d'eau, fossés, talus ou fosses de sable aménagés près du vert ou en des endroits stratégiques sur le terrain.

OBS

Pour en sortir sa balle sans qu'elle ne roule trop loin par la suite, un golfeur utilise un «cocheur de sable».

OBS

Pour signifier ces obstacles disséminés un peu partout le long d'une allée, la Fédération française de golf a proposé «un ensable» mais l'Europe francophone utilise plutôt les termes anglais «sand trap» et «bunker». Au Canada français, l'usage de «fosse de sable» est répandu et le calque «trappe de sable», à éviter.

OBS

fosse de sable : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1984-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf

Spanish

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