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Record 1 2021-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protective Clothing
  • Military Equipment
CONT

The commonest helmet in India and Persia was the "top"(India) or "kulah khud"(Persia). It is bowl-shaped, either low and flat, or high and pointed, usually with a spike on the top and two or three plume holders on the front. It has a sliding nasal with both ends expanded into plates. When not in use the nasal could be fastened up out of the way by a link and hook, or by a set screw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de protection
  • Matériel militaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Introduced by Varco in 1982, the Top Drive Drilling System (TDS) revolutionized oil and gas drilling, replacing the traditional rotary table approach on virtually all offshore rigs with dramatic gains in drilling productivity and safety.

OBS

top drive : A device similar to a power swivel that is used in place of the rotary table to turn the drill stem. It also includes power tongs. Modern top drives combine the elevator, the tongs, the swivel, and the hook. Even though the rotary table assembly is not used to rotate the drill stem and bit, the top-drive system retains it to provide a place to set the slips to suspend the drill stem when drilling stops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

L'exploitant veille à ce que [...] dans le cas d'un appareil de forage à entraînement par le haut, les deux vannes, inférieure et supérieure, soient manœuvrables à la main [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
CONT

To secure oneself with a leg lock while facing away from the ladder, first secure the top of the ladder. Then descend to the level from which the work is to be done. While facing away from the ladder, lift one leg and insert it through the ladder, over the second rung above the one on which the other foot rests. Bring the foot back through, over the rung above the one on which the other foot rests, and hook the foot over the beam.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)
DEF

Passer une jambe entre deux échelons pour saisir, avec le talon engagé en arrière, l'échelon inférieur à celui sur lequel repose la cuisse.

CONT

Pour s'amarrer avec la jambe, procéder comme suit : poser les deux pieds sur l'échelon approprié; passer une jambe par-dessus le deuxième échelon plus haut; ramener le pied sous l'échelon qui supporte la cuisse et poser le pied sur le montant; s'amarrer avec la jambe droite si la manœuvre est exécutée du côté gauche de l'échelle et vice versa.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
  • Building Hardware
DEF

A fastening for a door or casement window consisting of a long rod with hooks at the top and bottom of the sash both of which are turned by a single handle to hook around fixed pins in the window frame.

DEF

A fastening for a French door or casement window consisting of a long rod with hooks at the top and bottom of the sash both of which are turned by a single handle to hook around fixed pins in the window frame.

OBS

In English, "cremone" and "espagnolette bolts" are often considered as synonymous, the system being basically the same except for the operating mechanism.

Key term(s)
  • cremone bolt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
DEF

Tige métallique à poignée, munie de crochets à ses extrémités et servant à fermer ou à ouvrir les châssis d'une fenêtre.

DEF

Dispositif ancien de fermeture des croisées et des persiennes, composé d'une tige pivotante munie d'une poignée basculante, et, à ses extrémités, de crochets méplats qui pénètrent dans des gâches lardées dans les traverses haute et basse du dormant de l'huisserie.

OBS

Depuis la fin du 19ième siècle, la crémone a remplacé l'espagnolette classique sur la plupart des croisées.

OBS

Les termes «crémone» et «espagnolette» peuvent être considérés comme des quasi-synonymes, leur principe de fonctionnement étant pratiquement le même; la distinction se fait surtout au niveau du mécanisme qui les actionne.

Key term(s)
  • crémone

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cerrajería
  • Artículos de ferretería para la construcción
DEF

Falleba de ventanas francesa cuya manecilla se fija sobre el ancho del larguero del bastidor, abriendo y cerrando mediante giro.

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Record 5 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
CONT

The... stevedoring crane... is generally of nonswing-boom construction... The load is usually carried on the traction wheels and the steering is at the rear, so that the transportation of a load does not adversely affect the traction or the steering of the vehicle. The large driving wheels in front are suited to carry the concentration of tractor and working load, thus providing a maximum of tractive effort for traveling, light or loaded. This type of crane is generally of 5-ton capacity and has a boom, hinged on top of the frame, providing the maximum of reach with a minimum of required headroom. The boom is generally of balanced cantilever girder design, power-operated, and can be raised and lowered by power from the driver's seat. It can also be adjusted-without a load on the hook-to any of a number of positions of reach and height of hook, depending on the character of the load and the overhead conditions in the operating area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
CONT

Étude et analyse des conditions visuelles lors de l'utilisation de différents types de grues pour le débardage des navires au port de Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

A supercell with "text-book" like features such as a well-defined hook echo on a radar scope and the precipitation core downwind of the wall cloud and rain free storm base.

CONT

Supercell [is] a thunderstorm with a persistent rotating updraft. Supercells are rare, but are responsible for a remarkably high percentage of severe weather events-especially tornadoes, extremely large hail and damaging straight-line winds. They frequently travel to the right of the main environmental winds(i. e., they are right movers). Radar characteristics often(but not always) include a hook or pendant, bounded weak echo region(BWER), V-notch, mesocyclone, and sometimes a TVS [Tornado Vortex Signature]. Visual characteristics often include a rain-free base(with or without a wall cloud), tail cloud, flanking line, overshooting top, and back-sheared anvil, all of which normally are observed in or near the right rear or southwest part of the storm. Storms exhibiting these characteristics often are called classic supercells; however HP(High Precipitation) storms and LP(Low Precipitation) storms also are supercell varieties.

CONT

The severe version of a worst-last storm is also a supercell type, and is either called a "classic supercell" (the standard supercell type) or an "LP (low-precipitation) supercell" - a dry-weather, high wind shear version. ... The classic supercell has a larger, darker appearance and accounts for most of the major tornado events everywhere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Les orages de queue qui sont violents sont aussi de type supercellulaire; on les appelle des orages supercellulaires classiques ou à faibles précipitations (caractérisés par la présence d'air sec et d'un fort cisaillement du vent). [...] Les orages supercellulaires classiques sont de plus grande étendue et plus sombres; ce sont eux qui produisent la plupart des tornades, quelle que soit la région.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Cirrus, often shaped like a comma, terminating at the top in a hook, or in a tuft the upper part of which is not in the form of a rounded protuberance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Cirrus, souvent en forme de virgules, terminés vers le haut par un crochet, ou par un flocon dont la partie supérieure n'est pas en forme de protubérance arrondie.

CONT

Les cirrus sont donc composés de millions de cristaux de glace et sont propulsés par des vents de haute altitude qui produisent ces traînées blanches. Les cirrus les plus remarquables sont les cirrus intortus, aux enchevêtrements capricieux, et les cirrus uncinus, en forme de crochet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Cirrus, a menudo en forma de coma, que termina por la parte de arriba en un gancho o un copo cuya parte superior no tiene la forma de una protuberancia redondeada.

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Record 8 2004-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

Hook and loop fastener(Velcro). The loop part(soft) is sewn to the top of the shade. The hook part(hard) is stapled to the mounting board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
CONT

Placer la pièce en partie crochet du ruban autoagrippant qui se trouve à l'arrière de la poche contre la partie boucle du ruban qui se trouve sur le panneau latéral (cela permet de maintenir la poche en place).

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

On top break revolvers, disc shaped piece with a hook on its outer diameter which pivots on the joint pivot screw and impinges directly on the extractor rod to push out the extractor when breaking the firearm.

OBS

For example, the Enfiled No. 2 revolver has an extractor cam.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Sur certains revolvers à bascule, rondelle à rebord en forme de crochet, pivotant sur la charnière et frappant la tige d'extraction pour actionner l'extracteur lorsqu'on ouvre l'arme à feu.

OBS

Par exemple, la came d'extracteur du revolver Enfield nº2.

OBS

came d'extracteur terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Kitchen Utensils
DEF

A cone shaped strainer or sieve.

CONT

This means that you can use [the sieve] not only as a straining tool but also as a chinois, for puréeing with a pestle, a ladle, or a whisk.... It is made of perforated stainless steel, with its handle welded firmly to one side and a hook, for resting it on top of a bowl or pan, welded to the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Batterie de cuisine
DEF

Petite passoire fine, conique (comme un chapeau chinois).

CONT

Passoire conique munie d'un manche. Il en existe différents modèles : le chinois en étamine métallique sert à filtrer les bouillons, les sauces et les crèmes fines, [...] qui demandent à être lisses; le chinois en fer-blanc perforé sert à passer les sauces épaisses en les foulant à l'aide d'un pilon.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Mobile Hoisting Apparatus
DEF

The hook from which the fork is suspended.

OBS

top hook : term and definition standardized by ISO-Fork lift trucks-Hook-on type fork arms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
DEF

Tenon servant à suspendre le bras de fourche.

OBS

tenon supérieur : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO - Chariots élévateurs à fourche - Bras de fourche à tenons.

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Mobile Hoisting Apparatus
DEF

hook retaining faces : The inclined faces of the top and bottom hooks.

OBS

hook retaining faces: term and definition standardized by ISO - Fork lift trucks - Hook-on type fork arms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
DEF

faces de retenue : Faces obliques des tenons supérieur et inférieur.

OBS

face de retenue : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO - Chariots élévateurs à fourche - Bras de fourche à tenons.

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Mobile Hoisting Apparatus
DEF

Bottom horizontal face of top hook, in contact with the fork carrier.

OBS

hook suspension face: term and definition standardized by ISO - Fork lift trucks - Hook-on type fork arms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
DEF

Face horizontale inférieure du tenon supérieur, reposant sur le tablier porte-fourche.

OBS

face d'appui : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO - Chariots élévateurs à fourche - Bras de fourche à tenons.

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

each cord is suspended from a wire("hook") that is bent at the bottom to hold the cord and bent at the top is order to hook around the blades or bars of the griff, the lifting mechanism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
CONT

si [...] un trou du carton se présente face à l'aiguille, celle-ci n'étant pas changée de place, le crochet est alors happé par le couteau dans son mouvement ascendant.

Spanish

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Record 15 1994-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

... a steel hook attached to the top of the etrier... to ease the difficult task of getting an etrier up from below.

CONT

A fifi hook ... is sometimes used as a quick means of attaching etriers to carabiners.

CONT

The Fifi Hook has every conceivable hanging purpose, for slings, stirrups, rope, rucksacks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Crochet qui se récupère facilement en tirant sur une ficelle. Il est utilisé pour suspendre les étriers.

Spanish

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Record 16 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lacrosse
CONT

the crosse is a staff of wood, usually hickory, the top being sharply bent to form a hook from the end of which a thong is drawn...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crosse
CONT

la crosse : en hickory [...] elle se termine par une fourche à deux branches [...] reliées entre elles par une poche en filet

Spanish

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