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CROQUET MALLET [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

croquet mallet : an item in the "Game Equipment" class of the "Recreational Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

maillet de croquet : objet de la classe «Équipement de jeu» de la catégorie «Objets récréatifs».

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
CONT

Most competitive and more serious players prefer a croquet mallet with a square head, but some pros prefer cylindrical ones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules
CONT

Maillet de croquet [...] avec un manche octogonal en bois de frêne (96,5 cm), une tête rectangulaire en palissandre (24 x 6 cm) et une poignée en cuir. Poids : environ 1,3 kg.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
CONT

Croquet is a popular backyard lawn game as well as a tournament sport. ... There are many versions of croquet. The kind usually played in backyards has nine wickets, with a stake at each end of the court. But as a serious sport ..., there are six wickets and a single centre stake.

OBS

Croquet is played with coloured balls(red, yellow, blue and black) and a mallet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules
CONT

EUROPE. Le matériel ordinaire comprend 8 maillets, 8 boules et 8 marques. Il s'y ajoute 2 piquets-buts, 8 arceaux ordinaires et 2 arceaux soudés en croix au centre duquel pend une sonnette et qu'on appelle la cloche.

CONT

AMÉRIQUE DU NORD. Le joueur de croquet se sert de maillets pour frapper des boules de couleur à travers une série d'arceaux, en suivant un parcours qui se termine par un piquet-but. [...] Il existe plusieurs variantes. Celle généralement pratiquée comme jeu récréatif comporte 9 arceaux et 2 piquets plantés à chaque extrémité du parcours. Mais le sport professionnel [...] se joue avec 6 arceaux et un seul piquet-but central.

Spanish

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