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ROPE RING [10 records]

Record 1 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Ring netting is a method of fishing for mid-water shoaling fish species. It is used... to target shoals of sardines, and occasionally anchovies and herring. Ring nets work in a similar way to the much larger purse seine nets. An encircling net is shot around a shoal of fish, and a rope beneath the net then pulls it together[, ] encircling the shoal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

La pêche à la bolinche est conçue pour les poissons côtiers, en particulier les poissons bleus tels que la sardine, le maquereau, [et] l'anchois [...] La pêche à la bolinche [...] recherche des bancs de poissons [...] Lorsqu'un banc est repéré, la bolinche ou petite senne, filet en forme de rectangle, est déployée rapidement, en tournant autour du groupe de sardines.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

To increase the usable length and distribution of impact, the "swami belt" was invented. In its simplest form a swami belt consists of five or six wraps of 1-inch tubular webbing or three or four wraps of 2-inch webbing.

CONT

A swami-belt provides a secure means for the climber to remain anchored without using the rope. It consists of four or five turns of wide webbing around the waist, secured with a ring bend.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[...] sangle de ceinture large, en nylon, [...]. Relié à la corde d'attache par un nœud, il présente de nombreux avantages : Large surface de maintien en cas de chute. [...] Utilisation possible de la longueur totale de la corde d'attache.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
DEF

A ring or loop of metal, rope, fabric, or other material that is passed through something(as the eyelet of a sail) to hold it in place or that fits around something(as an oar) to support or control it or that is built into something(as a machine belt) to reinforce it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
DEF

Petite erse entourant une cosse ou servant de point de fixation de l'aviron sur son tolet. Petite bague en filin cousue autour d'un œil-de-pie, dans une voile.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Games
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

A heavy, flattish ring of iron or circle of rope, rubber, etc., used in a game [quoits] in which it is thrown at a peg stuck in the ground to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de société
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Objet plat et rond en pierre, en métal, en caoutchouc avec lequel on vise un but (dans un jeu).

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Mountain Sports
  • Speleology
DEF

An eccentric metal ring with a spring-loaded gate in one side which can be used to clip the running rope to various anchors or to fasten pieces of rope, sling, or hardware together quickly and securely.

OBS

[Carabiners] come in three basic designs: oval, D, and asymmetrical D.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Sports de montagne
  • Spéléologie
DEF

Anneau métallique en alliage léger, de forme ovale, portant un doigt articulé, servant aux alpinistes pour relier à un piton une corde ou un étrier.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A loop of rope, normally hemp, used as an abseil point in order to avoid the jamming of the abseil rope.

CONT

Rock flakes in particular usually have rough surfaces, and the rope would often be caught in tight cracks or on sharp edges. The use of a sling for the rappel solves these problems. Friction is further reduced if a rappel ring is used.

CONT

Abseil loops are left in place, of course, but old ones should not be used as they may be rotten.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Anneau (simple ou double) en corde, qui fixe la corde de rappel à l'amarrage.

CONT

Les anneaux de rappel sont en sangle ou en cordelette, mais malgré l'apparence plus rassurante de la sangle, l'expérience montre que la cordelette est plus sûre.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-12-18

English

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

The head rope should be fitted by passing the end through the bottom ring of the jowl piece from the off side, then through the ring of the head rope and over the horse's neck from the near side The head rope is then secured by four complete coils and two half coils, and adjusted so that the front of the coil is a span of the hand from the bottom ring of the jowl piece.

Key term(s)
  • headrope

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A small round platform for hauling workers on and off the rig. It is enclosed with wire so no one can fall out, and it is raised or lowered by the crane on the rig.

DEF

A contrivance consisting of interwoven rope lines and a floatable ring on which men ride when being transferred from boat to rig or rig to boat on offshore locations.

CONT

As the boat came alongside, the crane operator on the rig lowered the birdcage, a small round platform enclosed by wire cables to keep people from falling off. Two or three men at a time climbed aboard the birdcage and were hauled into the air, then lowered to the rig platform, or deck.

OBS

A personnel net is usually rigged up to a crane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Du navire ravitailleur à la plate-forme, l'équipage transite dans le «panier».

Spanish

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Record 9 1989-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
OBS

[This] method is the most comfortable of all, particularly if used with a thigh harness. The descender is in the form of a metal figure-of-eight. A loop of the doubled rope is pushed through the larger ring from the top and led behind the shank. The smaller ring of the descender is then clipped into the harness or a sling... with a screwgate karabiner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Rappel sur frein en 8 auto-assuré. (...) [Nous] avons choisi le descendeur en 8 pour sa polyvalence, sa sécurité d'emploi et son agressivité réduite sur les cordes (...) pour ne pas perdre ce 8 lors de sa mise en place, accrochez-le au mousqueton à vis du baudrier par son gros trou, passez les deux brins de corde dans cet orifice et derrière le manche. Changez l'emplacement du mousqueton du gros au petit trou.

OBS

Descente en rappel sur frein mécanique ou descendeur. La corde est freinée dans le descendeur selon le même principe que pour l'assurage mécanisé, mais cette fois le grimpeur glisse le long de la corde.

Spanish

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Record 10 1977-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

a rope so arranged that it may be readily let go, as for instance a rope passed through the ring of a mooring buoy with both ends on board ship. By letting go one end and hauling on the other, the ship is freed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
OBS

amarre: câble, cordage servant à retenir un navire, un ballon en l'attachant à un point fixe.

Spanish

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