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METAL CUTTING SHEARS [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
DEF

Small, hand-pruning shears, more easily used than a pruning knife, and efficient provided the cutting blades are kept sharp and make a clean cut without bruising. First-class modern types are those which cut with a slicing action, or against a soft metal anvil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
DEF

Petit matériel à main utilisé pour la taille des arbustes ou de la vigne, ou pour la cueillette des fleurs, constitué de gros ciseaux actionnés manuellement ou parfois à l'aide d'un vérin pneumatique ou hydraulique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aperos agrícolas e implementos de horticultura
DEF

Tijera muy fuerte, con cuchillas cortas de filo corvo [...] que sirve para cortar los brotes y las ramas superfluas de los árboles y arbustos.

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