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WIRE BOOM [4 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
DEF

A metal bar, track, or wire on the deck of a boat to which one end of a sheet may be attached enabling a sail on a boom or club to swing(travel) over the proper angle without tending when coming about.

OBS

traveller horse, mainsheet traveller: sailing terms.

Key term(s)
  • sheet traveler
  • sheet traveller
  • traveler horse
  • mainsheet traveler

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
DEF

Arceau métallique qui enjambe la barre à l'arrière des petites embarcations à voile.

OBS

Sur cet arceau, circule un curseur muni d'une poulie qui sert de renvoi à l'écoute de la grand-voile. Ainsi, quelle que soit la position de la bôme, l'écoute n'entrave pas la manœuvre de la barre.

OBS

barre d'écoute : terme de voile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
  • Vela y navegación de placer
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Record 2 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Outfitting of Ships
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
OBS

Part of the traveler.

OBS

traveler : A metal bar, track, or wire on the deck of a boat to which one end of a sheet may be attached enabling a sail on a boom or club to swing(travel) over the proper angle without tending when coming about.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armement et gréement
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
OBS

Partie de la barre d'écoute.

OBS

barre d'écoute : Arceau métallique qui enjambe la barre à l'arrière des petites embarcations à voile.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
  • Vela y navegación de placer
OBS

Parte de la barra de escotas.

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Record 3 1979-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
OBS

Wire rope ties connecting the bridle or floating boom harness to the point of the boom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
OBS

Câble métallique reliant le guide-câble à la tête de flèche.

Spanish

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Record 4 1979-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
OBS

Wire rope with both ends dead-ended. Usually used in connection with boom hoist system when floating harness is installed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
OBS

Câble métallique dont les deux extrémités sont fixes. Habituellement utilisé avec le treuil de flèche lorsque cette dernière est équipée d'un guide-câble.

Spanish

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