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DRESSED LUMBER [4 records]

Record 1 2017-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
9431
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Sawmill machine operators operate, monitor and control automated lumbermill equipment to saw timber logs into rough lumber; saw, trim and plane rough lumber into dressed lumber of various sizes; and saw or split shingles and shakes. They are employed in sawmills and planing mills.

OBS

9431: classification system code in the National Occupational Classification.

Key term(s)
  • Saw mill machine operators

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
9431
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Les opérateurs de machines à scier dans les scieries font fonctionner, surveillent et contrôlent l’équipement automatisé de scierie servant à débiter des billes en pièces de bois brutes et à scier, à fendre, à tailler et à raboter ce premier débit en pièces de différentes dimensions ainsi qu’à scier ou à fendre des bardeaux et des bardeaux de fente. Ils travaillent dans des scieries et des usines de rabotage.

OBS

9431 : code du système de classification de la Classification nationale des professions.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Wood Drying
  • Natural Construction Materials
DEF

Lumber which has not been dressed(surfaced) but which has been sawed, edged, and trimmed.

CONT

When [lumber is] sold directly from the sawmill without being planed, it is called rough sawn. This is the condition in which most hardwood lumber is sold to furniture plants and other manufacturers. ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Séchage du bois
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
DEF

Bois débité non raboté sur les faces et les rives.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de madera
  • Secado de la madera
  • Materiales de construcción naturales
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Record 3 2003-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Types of Wood
  • Wood Products
DEF

Shiplapped lumber :Lumber that is edge dressed to make a lapped joint.

DEF

Shiplap : In carpentry, a term applied to lumber that is edge dressed to make a close rabbeted or lapped joint.

DEF

Shiplap: A term applied to parallel boards having a rebate cut in each edge, the two rebates being on opposite faces. They are especially adapted for use as sheating.

DEF

Shiplap, shiplap board, shiplap siding: Wood sheating whose edges are rabbeted to make an overlapping joint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Sortes de bois
  • Produits du bois
DEF

Bois de construction dont la rive est usinée afin de pratiquer une feuillure ou un joint à recouvrement.

OBS

Mi-bois (nom, masc.) Assemblage ou enture dans lesquels chacune des pièces de bois est entaillée sur la moitié de son épaisseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales de construcción naturales
  • Tipos de madera
  • Productos madereros
DEF

Tabla con rebajo longitudinal a media madera en los dos cantos.

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Record 4 2002-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

A roughened condition of the surface of dressed lumber in which the hard latewood is raised above the softer earlywood but not torn loose from it.

OBS

raised grain: term reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder, CSA International, 178 Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 1R3. However, CSA International shall not be responsible for the manner in which the information is presented, nor for any interpretations thereof. This CSA International material may not have been updated to reflect amendments subsequently made to the original content. For further information, contact CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
OBS

pelucheux : Qualifie l'aspect rugueux que donne à la surface d'une pièce de bois le fait que, soit le bois final, soit le bois initial, sont soulevés sans être arrachés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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