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SIDE TONGS [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

side tongs : an item in the "Metalworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

tenailles à bec recourbé; pince à becs droit et coudé : objets de la classe «Outils et équipement du travail des métaux» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Metal Forging
CONT

... hammer tongs... for making hammers, axes and other eyed tools. Usually... designed to fit into the eye vertically so that the smith can hold work tightly while he turns it from one side to the other in shaping blade or face on the anvil.

CONT

Hammer tongs [are] used for holding hammers being forged or reshaped.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Forgeage
DEF

Pinces utilisées pour manœuvrer les têtes de marteaux, de masses ou de haches. [...] [Elles] existent en dimensions diverses.

CONT

Les pinces sont utilisées pour tenir le métal chaud lors des trois opérations de base du forgeron : lorsqu'il chauffe le métal, le travaille sur l'enclume et lors du trempage. [...] Les plus connues et les plus utilisées sont les pinces à marteaux [...]

OBS

Selon la source GENAR (Arthur Tremblay : forgeron de village), «tenailles pour fers de haches» serait populaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
DEF

A scissor-like instrument with the blades curved towards each other and fitted with a knob on each of their ends.

OBS

The tool is inserted into the nostrils with the blades opened, positioned on either side of the septum, then closed tight. The end of the nasal septum is grasped between the ends of the tongs. Provides fair restraint for a cow having a minor interference, such as an intravenous injection. Comparable in effect to a twitch on a horse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
DEF

Bâton muni à son extrémité d'une chaîne, d'un mousqueton ou d'un crochet.

OBS

On le fixe à l'anneau nasal du taureau pour le conduire tout en restant à une certaine distance de ses cornes.

Spanish

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