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HORSE BUTT [4 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-05-24
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Leather Industry
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- cordovan
1, record 1, English, cordovan
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- cordovan leather 2, record 1, English, cordovan%20leather
correct
- crup 3, record 1, English, crup
correct, Great Britain
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Leather made from the shell of a horse butt, viz. from a kidney-shaped, very compact layer occurring in the butt of equine animals only, and isolated by removing the skin layer above and below it. 3, record 1, English, - cordovan
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
It is vegetable tanned and curried. 3, record 1, English, - cordovan
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Industrie du cuir
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- cordovan
1, record 1, French, cordovan
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Partie du cuir provenant de la culée d'un cheval (miroir) prélevée dans la couche très compacte qui existe uniquement dans le croupon des équidés et qui a été isolée en retirant les couches supérieure et inférieure de la peau. 2, record 1, French, - cordovan
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Ce cuir de tannage végétal, est corroyé. 2, record 1, French, - cordovan
Record 1, Key term(s)
- cuir cordovan
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2016-03-07
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Leather Industry
- Leather Bags, Baggage and Satchels
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- horse butt
1, record 2, English, horse%20butt
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The rear part of a horse hide obtained by cutting from flank to flank at right angles to the backbone. A horse butt represents about one-third of the whole hide. 2, record 2, English, - horse%20butt
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Industrie du cuir
- Maroquinerie et malleterie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- culée de cheval
1, record 2, French, cul%C3%A9e%20de%20cheval
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
En Espagne, France et au Royaume-Uni, dans le cas d'une peau de cheval, partie arrière de la peau, le devant ayant été crouponné à angle droit de la raie dorsale. La culée représente environ un tiers de la peau. 2, record 2, French, - cul%C3%A9e%20de%20cheval
Record 2, Key term(s)
- culée
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2000-06-20
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Leather Industry
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- shell of horse hide
1, record 3, English, shell%20of%20horse%20hide
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- shell 2, record 3, English, shell
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Two oval-shaped areas, each about sq ft and composed especially fine, closely packed fibres, forming a layer within the corium of the horse butt on either side of the backbone. 1, record 3, English, - shell%20of%20horse%20hide
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Industrie du cuir
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- miroir
1, record 3, French, miroir
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
miroir: Partie de la culée qui de nature est forte et brillante comme un miroir dans l'état tanné. 2, record 3, French, - miroir
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1993-02-23
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Dams and Causeways
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- Chanoine wicket dam
1, record 4, English, Chanoine%20wicket%20dam
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A movable dam, consisting of a water curtain formed by timber leaves or wickets inclined downstream; the butt of the wicket is supported against a sill along the upstream side of the base slab and the wicket is pivoted a little below its center point to a collapsible horse held in place by a long prop. 2, record 4, English, - Chanoine%20wicket%20dam
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Chanoine Wicket-dam. ... The term "wicket" has been applied in the United States to a shutter revolving on an axle placed near its needle. Described in detail, a Chanoine wicket consists of three parts ...: A rectangular panel of wood or iron; the horse or trestle, supporting the axle of the shutter, and the prop holding up the horse and having its foot bearing against a cast-iron shoe, called a "hurter" (in French "heurtoir") fixed to the apron. The parts of the shutter above and below the axle are called respectively the "chase" and the "breech". 2, record 4, English, - Chanoine%20wicket%20dam
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Barrages et chaussées
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- barrage Chanoine
1, record 4, French, barrage%20Chanoine
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- barrage à hausses Chanoine-Pasqueau 1, record 4, French, barrage%20%C3%A0%20hausses%20Chanoine%2DPasqueau
correct, see observation, masculine noun
- barrage Chanoine-Pasqueau 1, record 4, French, barrage%20Chanoine%2DPasqueau
correct, masculine noun
- barrage Chanoine-Pasqueau de l'Ohio 2, record 4, French, barrage%20Chanoine%2DPasqueau%20de%20l%27Ohio
correct, masculine noun
- barrage à hausses Chanoine 1, record 4, French, barrage%20%C3%A0%20hausses%20Chanoine
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Barrage mobile constitué d'un rideau étanche en bois, incliné vers l'aval et s'articulant à un chevalet et à un arc-boutant, ce dernier prenant appui contre un heurtoir fixé au radier. 3, record 4, French, - barrage%20Chanoine
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Initialement, les ingénieurs américains ont construit 52 barrages sur ... l'Ohio. Ils étaient équipés de hausses Chanoine (ou plutôt de hausses Pascaud, système très voisin dont le prototype a été réalisé en 1880 sur la Saône, près de son confluent avec le Rhône. 4, record 4, French, - barrage%20Chanoine
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Aux USA, les hausses Chanoine munies de la glissière Pasqueau sont désignées sous le nom de hausses Chanoine [Chanoine wicket], que l'on trouvera seul dans la littérature américaine... 4, record 4, French, - barrage%20Chanoine
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
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