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Record 1 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

The sport involving trotting or pacing races for Standardbred horses harnessed to two-wheeled sulkies.

CONT

"Harness racing" means racing in which horses participate and on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted.

CONT

Trotting and harness racing: one of the three kinds of racing in France. It [involves] a gait in which the diagonally opposed legs of the horse come down together. Trotting races are generally carried out on cinder tracks, with on-course judges making sure the horses maintain a trotting gait throughout. Harness racing also requires the horses to maintain a trotting gait as they are driven by a driver [seated] on a sulky.

OBS

In flat racing, the horse, a thoroughbred, gallops and the driver rides on the horse's back. In harness racing, the horse, a half-bred, trots(or paces) and the driver rides seated on a sulky attached to the horse. Nevertheless, trotting races can be mounted or harness races.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

«Courses attelées» désigne les courses auxquelles participent des chevaux et au sujet desquelles un système de pari mutuel est exploité.

OBS

Dans les courses montées dites «plates» (sans saut d'obstacles), le cheval, un pur-sang, galope et le conducteur monte le cheval. En courses attelées, le cheval, un demi-sang, trotte (ou amble) et le conducteur pilote assis sur un sulky attaché au cheval. Néanmoins, les courses au trot peuvent être des courses montées (course(s) au trot monté) ou des courses attelées (course(s) au trot attelé).

OBS

Le terme «course attelée» s'utilise au pluriel ici car il s'agit du sport et non pas de l'épreuve.

OBS

L'expression «courses sous harnais» est un canadianisme.

OBS

Même si «courses sous harnais» est couramment usité au Canada français, le Service de linguistique de Radio-Canada préférerait qu'on ne l'utilise pas : «Pour désigner les courses de chevaux où le conducteur est monté sur un sulky, on se sert en français universel de l'expression «course attelée». Le canadianisme n'offre aucun avantage qui puisse légitimer son accès au vocabulaire universel. Il conviendrait donc de s'en départir.».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Wool Industry
OBS

Wool. Fibre: Characteristics: This fibre is made from the hair of various animals such as sheep, llamas, camels and goats. It is very resilient and resistant to wrinkling. It is renewed by moisture and well known for it’s warmth.

OBS

British wools : A term for wool grown in Great Britain; it is generally classified as follows : long wools, demi-luster wools, down wools, half-bred wools, mountain wools.

OBS

Prestige Fibres purchases most materials directly in raw fibre form at origin (i.e. British Wool grown in the U.K, raw Mohair from America, Merino Wool from Australia ... British Wool Breed Yarns (Pure and blends).

OBS

Each coat or jacket is hand tailored ... Only the finest British wool fabrics are used ... In addition to the tweed jackets, Chrysalis also design and manufacture a range of duffle coats, again using the finest British wool ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie lainière
OBS

Laines d'Angleterre : Ce pays fournit des laines longues, nerveuses et brillantes comme la race dishley, cheviotte et New Kent et des laines courtes, rudes et grossières comme la race South Down. La race Leicester paraît être le seul représentant des laines anglaises pures.

OBS

L'industrie drapière flamande [était] tributaire de la laine anglaise.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-12-15

English

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

A horse with only one parent being considered [...] purebred.

CONT

An other classification [of horses] differentiates "warm-blooded" horses, those with either arab or thoroughbred or both in their ancestry, from "cold-blooded" breeds ... which lack this heritage.

OBS

The hyphenated form, "a half-bred", is preferable.

OBS

Also applies to a thoroughbred horse that is not eligible for entry in the "General Stud Book".

French

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

Cheval dont un seul géniteur est de pur-sang.

Spanish

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