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ROPE MARK [4 records]

Record 1 2012-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Team Sports (General)
DEF

A contest in which two teams pull against each other on opposite ends of a rope with the object to pull the middle of the rope over a mark on the ground to win.

CONT

The tug of war sport featured in the Olympic Games from 1900 to 1920.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
DEF

Jeu où deux équipes tirent de leur côté un câble pour déterminer qui entraînera l'autre.

CONT

Le tir à la corde ou lutte à la corde ou souque à la corde est un sport qui oppose deux équipes dans une épreuve de force.

CONT

Le tir à la corde a fait partie du programme olympique de 1900 à 1920.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diving (Naval Forces)
DEF

Rope laid on the sea floor to mark a search area for divers.

DEF

A weighted line, rope or wire, an chored at both ends, used to guide divers in an underwater search.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée (Forces navales)
DEF

Cordage placé sur le fond marin pour délimiter une zone de recherche.

DEF

Ligne, corde ou fil lesté et fixé aux deux extrémités, pour guider les plongeurs qui effectuent une fouille sous-marine. [Définition uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.]

OBS

filière : terme et définition uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie, terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-12-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing Accessories
CONT

The ceinture fléchée, or arrowhead sash, was one of the famous badges of the voyageur. The ceinture fléchée had many uses. It was used for warmth, as a tump line and a support on the portage, as an emergency rope, and as a mark of distinction and origin. When tightly woven and treated with beeswax, it could even be used as a cup. Originally, ceintures fléchées were woven by hand using a technique called "finger weaving". Later, sashes, were machine loomed in England for the Canadian mass market. The term "fléchée" refers specifically to the original arrowhead design, but there were many other patterns. The chevron, the "flammes"(flames), the "éclairs"(ligtening bolts), the "W"(double chevron), and the "tête de flèche"(large two-tone arrowhead) were also used. Colors and patterns were distinctive of various regions. Probably the most famous of all sashes were those from the Assomption area of Lower Canada, which had multiple multi-colored lightning-bolts(éclairs) flanking a central red core.

Key term(s)
  • arrow-head sash

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accessoires vestimentaires

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

... the piece of cloth, rope, or nylon strand used to mark the wire line when swabbing, bailing, etc....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

[Objet] fixé à intervalle régulier et servant à mesurer la longueur d'un câble.

Spanish

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