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HAIR CUT [16 records]

Record 1 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Farm Equipment
CONT

If the manure contains fibrous material, such as bedding, hair, or feed, a chopper pump to cut the fibrous material should be used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Matériel agricole

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Pets
CONT

At first glance, your dog groomer's clippers might seem just like the ones the barber uses for trimming your hair. A closer look shows differences, such as a different blade design to prevent pulling a pet's hair. Pet clippers have motors and blades designed to cut a variety of fur types.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
  • Animaux d'agrément
CONT

Les lames des tondeuses pour animaux ont une structure différente des éléments de bord et un degré d'affûtage supérieur, conçu pour une plus grande densité de poils.

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A cutting movement used in thinning hair with the hair-cutting scissors by slithering the scissors up and down a strand of hair and at the same time slightly opening and closing the scissor blades to cut one or two hairs at a time, thus producing a tapered effect in the hair strand.

OBS

slithering: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

L'effilage par repoussage [...] Lorsque la quantité de cheveux que l'on désire effiler reste en main, repoussons en une fois les autres cheveux vers la racine. Procédons alors à l'effilage aux ciseaux droits [...]

OBS

effilage par repoussage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

An electrically powered implement used to cut and trim hair, especially on the neck area.

OBS

electric clipper: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
OBS

tondeuse électrique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

The front hair cut square across the forehead.

OBS

bangs; fringe: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
DEF

[…] cheveux coupés plus ou moins courts, couvrant le front sur toute sa largeur.

OBS

frange : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Hair Styling
Universal entry(ies)
6341
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Hairstylists and barbers cut and style hair and perform related services. They are employed in hairstyling or hairdressing salons, barber shops, vocational schools, health care establishments and theatre, film and television establishments.

OBS

6341: classification system code in the National Occupational Classification.

Key term(s)
  • Hair-stylists and barbers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Coiffure
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
6341
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Les coiffeurs et les barbiers coupent les cheveux, font des mises en plis et offrent des services connexes. Ils travaillent dans des salons de coiffure, des salons de barbier, des écoles de formation professionnelle, des établissements de soins de santé, des théâtres et des studios de cinéma ou de télévision.

OBS

6341 : code du système de classification de la Classification nationale des professions.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A dialect of Malagasy spoken by the Tsimihety(Those who Never Cut Their Hair), a Malagasy people living in mountainous north central Madagascar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Dialecte malgache parlé par les Tsimihety, peuple vivant dans les terres intérieures du nord de Madagascar.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
OBS

club cutting : Cutting the hair straight off without thinning, slithering or tapering; a technique used to cut bangs and to cut ends the same length.

OBS

According to the source "An Illustrated Dictionary of Hairdressing & Wigmaking, J. Stevens Cox, 1984, p. 30," the term "blunt cut" is an American term.

OBS

0° [to] 30°.

OBS

blunt cut; club cut: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

Nous donnons les noms de : coupe enveloppante : pour une coupe très peu dégradée où les longueurs du sommet sont très grandes (recouvrement) et enveloppent les cheveux plus courts des guiches et de la nuque.

OBS

0° À 30°.

OBS

coupe enveloppante : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A hair style for men in which the hair is cut short at the back and sides and the longer hair at the top and front is combed up like the standing hair of a brush.

OBS

A popular style in America, England and in France as "La brosse" in the 1950s.

OBS

brush cut: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

La coupe en brosse est tout à fait spéciale puisqu'elle consiste à couper les cheveux du dessus de façon que ceux-ci restent dressés sur la tête et donnent à la coiffure un contour régulier et légèrement arrondi. Les côtés et la nuque peuvent être traités normalement, très dégagés ou en coupe basse selon la demande du client.

OBS

coupe en brosse : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Films
  • Cinematography
OBS

Where the Spirit Lives(1989) is a drama film about Aboriginal children getting taken from their tribes to attend residential schools. The setting is in Canada. Ashto-omi is a young Aboriginal girl taken by an Indian Agent, Taggert. Her younger brother Pita and other children are also lured into the airplane using candy canes. The two newcomers are forcefully renamed with names associated with Christianity. Ashto-Komi's name is changed to Amelia(no. 61) while Pita's is changed to Abraham(no. 67). Kathleen Gwillemberry is a new teacher to the school. Ashto-Komi gets stripped and scrubbed. Her hair is cut and scrubbed. Her hair is cut short. The old native style clothing is gone and gets replaced with uniforms. The children get a small amount of food to eat and are forced to do prayers every morning to become Christians. Ashto-Komi talks her language and gets beaten by the teacher. She did not know they were forbidden to talk their native language. Gwillemberry says they are poor children that don’t know any English after teaching her new class. Reverend Buckely replies and says "The children are like a garden, in order to maintain the beautiful flowers you need to pull all the weeds out and cut them back. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de films
  • Cinématographie

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furs and Fur Industry
DEF

Insertion of ribbon, cloth or leather strips along with fur strips.

CONT

Leathering... Furs with particularly thick hair are cut into strips, interspersed with leather strips and then sewn together.

OBS

[Leathering] may be done for fashion or to lighten the weight of the fur.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pelleteries et fourrures
DEF

Insertion de lanières de rubans, de tissus ou de cuir en alternance avec des bandes de fourrure pour alléger le vêtement ou exécuter un modèle spécifique.

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

The Friesian breed is one of the oldest domesticated breeds in Europe. It is native to the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.... One of the outstanding characteristics of the Friesian horse is its very long mane and tail. These are never cut and often reach the ground. The breed also has abundant feather and long leg hair reaching from the middle of the leg. The color is always black, and only a white star in the forehead is permissible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Race d'origine hollandaise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
CONT

Son originarios de la región de los países bajos llamada Frisisa y constituyen una de las razas más antiguas de Europa. A pesar de que sus orígenes entroncan con las razas de sangre fría, los frisones fueron mejorados cruzándolos con caballos de pura raza española y orientales. ... Sus fuertes extremidades están recubiertas de pelaje. ... Capa: Castaña oscura. Se admite que tengan un pequeño lucero blanco.

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Record 13 2000-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

A sharp, smooth, curved cut having no definite length or direction, caused by an animal hair or synthetic fibre. As the web containing the hair passes through a nip, the hair cuts the web material.

Key term(s)
  • haircut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Coupure nette et courbe n'ayant aucune longueur ou direction définies causée par un poil de feutre ou une fibre synthétique.

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

Cotton... is a strong, versatile fiber that comes in many forms. It is a "seed hair" as it surrounds the seed in the cotton boll. When the cotton is ginned, the long "staple" fibers are separated from the seeds, these fibers are raw cotton. Most of this fiber is used to make cloth... After ginning, the remaining seeds are covered with a fuzz of cotton fiber. When cut away from the seeds, this is the source for cotton linters.

CONT

Cotton ... A seed hair fibre contained within the cotton boll. The length, strength and flexibility of the fibre means it is ideal for fine paper production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Industrie cotonnière
OBS

Coton [...] Matière végétale douce, de la consistance de la bourre, formée de courts filaments soyeux, qui entourent les graines du cotonnier. [...] Cotonnier : plante [...] aux graines entourées de poils soyeux constituant les filaments du coton [...]. Coton. Capsules du cotonnier, contenant les graines et les filaments.

Spanish

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Record 15 1991-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

in hairdressing, a hair strand used for a general shaping pattern; hair usually at the hairline cut to a specific length to serve as a guide for determining the length of the rest of the section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

La mèche guide est la première mèche que l'on coupe. Elle sert de guide pour couper les autres mèches de façon à toujours contrôler la longueur à mesure que se déroule la coupe de cheveux.

Spanish

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Record 16 1978-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
OBS

Having hair like leaves, that is finely cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
OBS

Se dit d'une plante à feuilles ou frondes capillaires.

Spanish

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