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WIRE FENCING [11 records]

Record 1 2019-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
CONT

The least expensive(and cheapest) wire fencing is welded wire, in which the individual wires are simply spot-welded at their intersection point.

PHR

galvanized wire fencing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steel
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

Steel coated with a thin layer of zinc to provide corrosion resistance in underbody auto parts, garbage cans, storage tanks, or fencing wire.

OBS

Sheet steel normally must be cold-rolled prior to the galvanizing stage.

OBS

galvanized steel: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • galvanised steel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acier
  • Constructions navales
DEF

Acier recouvert d'une couche de zinc fondu.

OBS

acier galvanisé : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acero
  • Construcción naval
DEF

Acero cubierto con una capa de zinc.

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Record 3 2013-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A cutting tool designed to make precise, controlled cut; used for cutting wire, fencing, bolts, and small steel bars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Outil de coupe conçu pour effectuer une coupe précise et nette; utilisé pour couper du fil, des clôtures, des boulons et de petites barres d'acier.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
CONT

In Costa Rica, 95% of the farmers fence with living trees instead of dead posts... Farmers establish living fences by planting large cuttings about 2. 5 m long and 8-20 cm in diameter, attaching several strands of barbed wire to them... Living fences are usually pruned once a year to keep them in good shape and to avoid damage to the wire... Living fences are comparatively cost-effective, need careful establishment and regular maintenance, are long-lived, provide numerous products and benefits besides fencing, are difficult to remove, and are very popular among poor farmers. Dead fences, by contrast, are expensive, require much labor to establish, need some maintenance, are of limited durability, are easy to remove, provide no other products, but are more prestigious than living fences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
DEF

Clôture faite de plantes vivantes, d'arbres, etc., et non pas de poteaux. Source : Pierre Bolduc, Agence canadienne de développement international (foresterie).

OBS

Noter que la «clôture vive» peut être fabriquée uniquement de matériaux vivants, ou d'un mélange de ceux-ci et de matériaux inertes : par exemple, des barbelés fixés à des arbres vivants.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
DEF

In chainlink and other fence construction, the smooth linking together of two pieces of wire mesh by doubling back interlocking sets of wire ends on themselves.

CONT

Chain Link Fence Fabric : A fencing material made from wire helically wound and interwoven in such a manner as to provide a continuous mesh without knots or ties except in the form of knuckling or of twisting the ends of the wire to form the selvages of the fabric.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
OBS

Les grillages simples torsion G.S.T. sont constitués par une nappe de mailles carrées formées de spires hélicoïdales aplaties. Sur l'une des rives de la nappe, les fils sont repliés en forme de boucle; sur l'autre ils sont torsadés deux à deux pour former un picot.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

A wire bearing spikes at close regular intervals used as fencing, or as an obstruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

Fil métallique garni de pointes disposées comme les barbes d'un épi, à intervalles réguliers, utilisé pour la construction de clôtures ou comme obstruction.

OBS

Définition et terme uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre (CDTAT).

Key term(s)
  • fil de fer barbelé

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Netting or wire fencing at either end of the court, [...] intended to prevent the ball going too far beyond the court.

OBS

The French term "grillage" actually means "links of a fence". However in tennis, "grillage" is normally used in reference to the fence behind the baseline.

CONT

The flared end picks up balls and the tube can be hung on a court fence.

Key term(s)
  • backfence
  • stopnetting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

La raquette pointe vers le grillage, tamis perpendiculaire au sol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

El extremo inferior [de un recogedor/dispensador] recoge las pelotas y un gancho permite colgar el tubo de cualquier valla.

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Record 8 1993-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security Devices
DEF

A fencing material made from wire helically wound and interwoven so as to provide continuous mesh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Geotextile Silt Fences. Silt fences consist of fabrics placed vertically on posts to prevent sediment carrying sheet runoff from entering into downstream creeks or sewer systems. Since all construction activities must have an associated sedimentation and erosion control plan, this concept is rapidly growing and replacing bales of straw, hay, and other makeshift methods. The bottom of the silt fence is generally embedded in an anchoring ditch; the posts, to which the fabric is attached, are usually at 5-to 10-ft spacings; and sometimes a wire fencing is required as backing on the fabric to provide additional support.

CONT

Erosion control applications [of geotextiles] include trench drains, silt fences, and reverse filters such as used in embankment protection and surface erosion control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols

Spanish

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Record 10 1990-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fences and Enclosures
DEF

a short wire fencing that is used for protection against the encroachment of rabbits and other small animals on flower beds.

OBS

It comes galvanized, but can also be obtained in colors-white, green, and sometimes yellow so it can add a decorative accent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enceintes et clôtures
CONT

Les grillages de bordure : ce sont les grillages de hauteur réduite (de 30 à 100 cm). Ils sont utilisés pour entourer les pelouses ou les parterres, mais aussi en clôture, en association avec une haie, pour empêcher l'intrusion des petits animaux; on peut également les poser sur les murets. Il existe des grillages à bordure en fil de fer galvanisé, ondulés à maille losange, en fil de fer plastifié vert, à picots défensifs ou à bord à arrondis décoratifs (bordure "parisienne").

OBS

Le grillage de bordure présente un caractère à la fois décoratif et défensif ...

Spanish

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Record 11 1981-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Conservation and Storage
  • Crop Storage Facilities
DEF

A temporary silo made of slat and wire fencing usually lined with heavy paper to exclude air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des récoltes
  • Entreposage des récoltes

Spanish

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