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WOOD STAPLE [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

wood staple : an item in the "Woodworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

crampon à bois : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de travail du bois» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Farm Buildings
DEF

... [a tool] ... used for splitting and pointing hazel spars.

OBS

thatch-spar maker. Thatch spars are thin pieces of split wood, usually hazel, from 2 to 3 ft. long and bent into the form of a staple. They are used for securing the longer spars(«liggers») which are laid across the exterior of the thatch to hold it down.... The tool used for trimming, splitting, and pointing the rods is most often a small curved knife like a Bill Hook.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Constructions rurales
OBS

hart : Petite branche fine et souple, dont on se sert pour ceinturer les plions aux gaules; une première variété, la «hart rouge», est une branche de coudrier, alors que la «hart blanche» est une branche de noisetier.

OBS

Le syntagme «serpe à tailler les harts» a été proposé en raison de la ressemblance évidente qu'a le «spar hook» avec une serpe d'élagage à bec.

Spanish

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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
OBS

E.--. This tacker machine is in reality an automatic mailing machine. It will shoot a wedge-pointed, carbon steel wire staple into as much as 9/16 "of wood. Extremely strong and sturdy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
OBS

E.cet outil (...) appelé --, est un bon exemple de l'outillage dont la nécessité peut être évidente ou non. Si vous envisager (...) la réfection d'une garniture de sièges en tissu (...) une agrafeuse sera précieuse

Spanish

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