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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Tying a figure-eight on a bight. Step 1 : form a bight in the working end of the rope. Step 2 : Pass it over the standing part to form a loop. Step 3 : Pass the bight under the standing part and then over the loop and down through it; this forms the figure eight. Step 4 : Extend the bight through the knot to whatever size working loop is needed. Step 5 :Dress the knot.  1, record 1, English, - figure%2Deight%20on%20a%20bight

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Traditional Huron dress : a black gown, sash with arrow design and a feather headdress for men; a long skirt with a matching tunic and gown decorated with embroidery for women... the highly characteristic chief's headdress..., a head covering with a wide leather headband embroidered with flowers made of either beads of moose hair. Feathers are arranged to cover the top of the head. These are rooster or partridge feathers which are split down the middle, as the nerve was removed to give the headdress a curly look.  1, record 2, English, - feathered%20headdress

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Costumes traditionnels des Hurons : toge noire, ceinture fléchée et coiffe de plumes pour l'homme, jupe longue, tunique et toque assortie, ornées de broderies perlées, pour la femme.  4, record 2, French, - coiffe%20de%20plumes

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT

[...] la coiffe du chef très caractéristique qui connut elle aussi des variations à travers les âges. Il s'agit d'un bonnet à large bandeau de cuir brodé à motifs floraux, soit en perle ou en poil d'orignal. Les plumes, disposées pour couvrir le dessus de la tête, sont des plumes de coq ou de perdrix fendues au milieu, auxquelles on a retiré le nerf pour donner un aspect frisé.  4, record 2, French, - coiffe%20de%20plumes

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A device used to fasten and unfasten two adjoining edges of material, as on the packet of a dress, the fly of a pair of trousers, etc. : it consists of two rows of interlocking tabs which are joined or separated by sliding a part up or down.  5, record 3, English, - zipper

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The zip fastener was invented in Chicano in 1893 by Whitcomb Judson and in it early stage was more a hook-and-eye shoe fastener. Zip-fasteners did not come into general until the 1930s, when the zipper beat the button fly in the 1937, following the discovery that zippers made it easier for children to dress themselves. During that period they had campaigns praised zippers for promoting self-reliance in young. The first commercial production of zip-fasteners was when Whitcomb Judson started together with businessman Colonel Lewis Walker, the Universal Fastener Company to manufacture the new device.  2, record 3, English, - zipper

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The zippers date back to the 1890s when this new invention was called a slide fastener. The name zipper wasn’t coined until the 1920s when this closure became more widely used in everyday sportswear.  6, record 3, English, - zipper

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Such was the fate of trade-marks such as "Zipper," "Escalator," "Cellophane," and "Dry Ice." Who remembers that the correct terms are "slide fastener" and "moving staircase"? This is why some companies are very vigilant about policing their marks, and preventing improper use of their trade-marks in any kind of communication.  7, record 3, English, - zipper

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Fermeture [...] constituée de deux chaînes souples, à dents, qui engrènent au moyen d'un curseur.  4, record 3, French, - fermeture%20%C3%A0%20glissi%C3%A8re

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

fermeture éclair : [À l'origine, fermeture Éclair,] marque déposée d'une fermeture à glissière.  5, record 3, French, - fermeture%20%C3%A0%20glissi%C3%A8re

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

pluriel : Des fermetures éclair, des fermetures à glissière.  6, record 3, French, - fermeture%20%C3%A0%20glissi%C3%A8re

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Blouson à fermeture éclair.  6, record 3, French, - fermeture%20%C3%A0%20glissi%C3%A8re

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A pig leather that comes from the wild boar in Central and South American countries, Argentina and Brazil are important sources for this leather. It is fine grained and can be shaved down to a very light weight, thereby making it desirable for ladies’ fine dress and sports gloves. It is usually chrome-tanned, is washable and particularly durable.  1, record 4, English, - peccary

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Peau apprêtée de ces animaux [pécari].  1, record 4, French, - p%C3%A9cari

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Des gants de pécari.  1, record 4, French, - p%C3%A9cari

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A tailored dress patterned after a shirt and having buttons down the front.  3, record 5, English, - shirtwaist%20dress

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Robe dont le corsage s'apparente à la chemise d'homme et qui est le plus souvent coupée à la taille et ceinturée.  3, record 5, French, - robe%20chemisier

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le boutonnage [de la robe chemisier] se prolonge dans la jupe.  4, record 5, French, - robe%20chemisier

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The surcot ouvert seen on countless monuments till far into the 15th century; it was a T-shaped side-less low-necked bodice often jewel-studded down the front, with a wide skirt gathered in a band just below the natural waistline... The surcot ouvert was a dress for grand occasions, donned for balls and ceremonies as court...  1, record 6, English, - surcot%20ouvert

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le surcot ouvert: C'est un surcot au corsage fendu et largement échancré de l'emmanchure aux hanches, laissant voir la cotte ou le corset. Le devant forme une sorte de gilet, le plus souvent recouvert d'hermine (ainsi que le bord des emmanchures). Une rangée d'agrafes ou de boutons décoratifs en marque le milieu et descend sur la jupe, qui est très ample et traîne sur le sol. [...] Ce surcot se porte sans ceinture.  1, record 6, French, - surcot%20ouvert

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dress cut in coat style with buttons down front, large collar and lapels, long tight sleeves, and skirt with slight train; worn in the last quarter of 18th century.  1, record 7, English, - riding%2Dcoat%20dress

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'influence des modes à l'anglaise se traduisit en France par les robes inspirées de la redingote portée par les hommes à la même époque. Tantôt cette robe-redingote est ouverte par devant, ce qui est le cas le plus fréquent; tantôt elle est fermée et boutonnée du haut en bas par de gros boutons métalliques.  1, record 7, French, - robe%2Dredingote

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish