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TRIMMING SHEARS [3 records]

Record 1 2008-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Care Equipment (Farm equipment)
  • Animal Hygiene and Sanitation (Agric.)
  • Animal Husbandry
CONT

The tools for hoof trimming include : gloves, a set of hoof shears and a hoof knife, both with sharp edges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soins aux animaux (Matériel agricole)
  • Hygiène des animaux (Agric.)
  • Élevage des animaux
OBS

Bien que les termes «cisaille à onglons» et «cisaille pour sabots» soient interchangeables, il existe une distinction entre «onglon» et «sabot», le sabot étant le terme employé pour désigner l'onglon chez les équidés (Cf. Le Larousse agricole, 1981, p. 792).

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cutting and Trimming (Machine-Tooling)
OBS

(...) Squaring shears are used chiefly for the production of large and small straight-sided blanks in sheet and plate. In addition to squaring, they are also used for slitting, notching and trimming.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Découpage et taillage (Usinage)
DEF

Type de cisaille électroportative qui permet la coupe rectiligne des tôles de grosse épaisseur, à l'état froid ou chaud.

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • General Hardware
  • Property Upkeeping
DEF

--special shears for trimming grass that is hard to cut properly with a mower1=, as around the base of a tree. [two types, those with handles on a horizontal plane and those with handles working on a vertical plane. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Travaux d'entretien de la propriété
CONT

--pour parer les gazons sur leur lisière et en bordure des corbeilles (...) on utilise des forces de différents modèles. Les plus simples forces à tondre comprennent essentiellement deux lames triangulaires

Spanish

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