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GOOSE NECK [4 records]

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Record 1 2017-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Building Hardware
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

A pipe, bar, or other device having a curved or bent shape resembling that of the neck of a goose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
DEF

[...] pièce présentant une courbure qui rappelle le cou du cygne [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
  • Artículos de ferretería para la construcción
  • Grifos y accesorios de fontanería
  • Tuberías y accesorios
DEF

Elemento curvado que adopta la forma del cuello de un cisne; sifón; tubo en S.

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Record 2 2010-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A piece of metal screwed in the centre of the bottom of a curling rock, holding in place a long metal strip connecting, through the middle of the rock, to the goose neck of the handle to fix the latter to the stone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pièce métallique vissée au milieu du dessous d'une pierre de curling, maintenant en place une longue tige de métal insérée en travers du centre de la pierre jusqu'au cou de cygne de la poignée pour fixer cette dernière à la pierre.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blast Furnaces (Steelmaking)
OBS

Something(as a faucet or pipe) curved like the neck of a goose or U-shaped.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hauts fourneaux (Sidérurgie)
DEF

Tuyère en forme de coude qui amène l'air dans un haut-fourneau.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Water Distribution (Water Supply)
CONT

The service pipe is either connected rigidly to the street main or is a flexible goose neck, fastened by means of a corporation stop tapped into the main.... The goose neck is used to avoid breakage of the line due to sudden shocks or settlement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Distribution de l'eau
CONT

Le branchement de service peut être raccordé d'une manière rigide à la conduite principale de la municipalité; il peut s'agir également d'une canalisation à col de cygne flexible terminé par un robinet de prise piqué sur la conduite principale. (...) Le col de cygne sert à prévenir toute rupture de la canalisation qui pourrait être provoquée par un choc ou un affaissement soudain.

Spanish

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