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WOOD SHEATHING [8 records]

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Record 1 2022-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

A box car having inside car-lining and outside sheathing which may be either wood or steel.

CONT

Three experimental cars were produced. One was a double-sheathed car with the framing sandwiched between the wood sheaths.

OBS

double-sheathed car: designation and definition standardized by the Canadian General Standards Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Wagon couvert qui comporte des revêtements intérieur et extérieur qui peuvent être en bois ou en acier.

OBS

wagon à revêtement double : désignation et définition normalisées par l'Office des normes générales du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exterior Covering Materials
  • Waterproofing (Construction)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

When underlay is used beneath shingles, it shall be asphalt-saturated sheathing paper weighing not less than 4 lb per square, or No. 15 plain or perforated asphalt-saturated felt or 2-mil polyethylene, except that underlayment used beneath wood shingles shall be breather type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements extérieurs
  • Étanchéité (Construction)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

[Revêtement d'étanchéité des toitures-terrasses.] Tous les revêtements suivants sont posés sur une sous-couche constituée par un feutre bitumé ou goudronné fixé au support par des clous ou agrafes [...]

CONT

[Toitures-terrasses avec revêtements d'étanchéité.] Un système récent consiste à utiliser, en première couche, un papier ou un feutre perforé, ce qui donne une meilleure répartition des fixations.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exterior Covering Materials
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

... sheathing for wood frame buildings consisting of wide boards, usually placed vertically, whose joints are covered by narrow strips of wood over the joints or cracks.

OBS

board and batten: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements extérieurs
  • Architecture d'habitation
OBS

couvre-joint : Baguette ou tringle de bois mince, souple ou moulurée, rapportée sur les joints de planches accolées ou d'éléments de menuiserie contigus à la maçonnerie.

OBS

planches avec couvre-joints : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
CONT

A shell-shaped or concave recess of reflecting material should be built behind the performers to act as a mirror to throw out the sound on a more or less plane wave-front... If this reflector consists of wood sheathing against the wall, it is well to leave a space by supporting the wood on studs away from the wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

Type de matériau qui comme une plaque métallique réfléchit les ondes sonores plutôt que de les absorber comme, par exemple, la laine minérale.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Thermal Insulation
DEF

A stiff sheet material that incorporates numerous air cells; used on roofs, and as sheathing; types include wood or cane fiber, cork, and... fiberglass and various plastic foamed materials, such as expanded polystyrene;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Isolation thermique
DEF

Tout matériau se présentant sous la forme de panneaux, planches ou dalles. Les panneaux de mousse de polystyrène ou de polyuréthane et les planches de liège sont parmi les plus utilisés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aislamiento y acústica arquitectónicos
  • Aislamiento térmico
DEF

Material aislante denso y de estructura rígida, disponible en hojas de 1.200 x 2400 mm.

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Record 6 1999-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exterior Covering Materials
CONT

There are two general types of wood siding : bevel siding... and drop or novelty siding, which... is installed against the sheathing.

OBS

Normally "siding" is used when the reference is clear from the context. There are other types of wood siding as well.

OBS

for "weatherboard" : "Weatherboard" and "weatherboarding" have been mentioned as synonyms of "(wood) siding" in some works and of "bevel siding" in others. Both terms refer to the horizontal-board type of wood siding. SCOBU mentions that weatherboards "generally overlap each other, either with or without a rebate .... Clapboard is not rebated".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements extérieurs
CONT

Parement en bois (...). Utiliser cette section pour prescrire un parement en panneaux de contreplaqué, panneaux de fibres de bois dur et en planches de bois de charpente.

OBS

Les termes "planche de couverture extérieure" et "lambris extérieurs", relevés sur des fiches provisoires, n'ont pas été retenus comme synonymes, parce qu'ils n'ont pas pu être vérifiés dans des sources écrites au cours des recherches.

Key term(s)
  • planche de couverture extérieure
  • lambris extérieurs
  • bardage en bois

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
DEF

Corner posts, intermediate posts and end posts are vertical steel or wood members of car superstructure. The inside car lining and outside sheathing are attached to the car posts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
DEF

Pièce verticale, en acier ou en bois, de la superstructure d'un wagon, à laquelle sont fixés les revêtements intérieur et extérieur du wagon (on distingue les montants d'angle, intermédiaire et de bout).

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
CONT

A shell-shaped or concave recess of reflecting material should be build behind the performers to act as a mirror to throw out the sound on a more or less plane wave-front... If this reflector consists of wood sheathing against the wall, it is well to leave a space by supporting the wood on studs away from the wall. The system then acts like the sounding-board of a pianoforte, being set into forced vibration....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

Forme semi-circulaire d'une abside (...)

CONT

Pour assurer une bonne audition on utilisera des grands réflecteurs de sons pour diriger ceux-ci vers l'auditoire. On pourra (...) utiliser des «conques» (...) Toutefois, il existe un grave inconvénient aux conques, relativement à l'orchestre ou aux exécutants; ceux-ci (...) ne s'entendent pas, les rayons sonores étant pour la plupart réfléchis vers l'auditoire.

Spanish

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