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TRIMMING STRIP [4 records]

Record 1 1997-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Synthetic Fabrics
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

The telltales make the trimming of the sails and the steering of the boat easier... The telltales in the leech should be made of a rather strong nylon strip... In the mainsail telltales are only needed in the leech. Cut them out of an inch wide nylon strip and sew them into the ends of the batten pockets.

CONT

Nylon stripping for crinolines. Nylon strip, size 060 X n" wide, minimum order 300 feet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
OBS

Ruban : Étroite bande de tissu, servant d'ornement, d'attache. Ruban de chanvre, de lin, de laine, de coton, de soie... [...] Bandelette : Bande étroite [...] Lanière : Bande longue et mince. Découper qqch. en lanières, en faire des lanières.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
OBS

trimming strip; trimming trailing edge strip : terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

compensateur à lame : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bedding
DEF

a strip of cloth, lace, etc. gathered in pleats and puckers and used for trimming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Literie

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

An artificially constructed strip along the border of a grass area to facilitate clean cutting of grass without additional trimming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère

Spanish

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