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ANCHOR WALL [11 records]

Record 1 2025-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Hardware
  • Walls and Partitions
CONT

A toggle bolt, also known as a butterfly anchor, is a fastener for hanging things on hollow walls such as drywalls. Toggle bolts have wings that open inside a hollow wall, bracing against it to hold the fastener securely. The wings are much larger than the bolt they are attached to. This spreads the weight of the secured item over a larger area, increasing the weight that can be secured compared to a regular bolt.

OBS

toggle bolt: designation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
  • Murs et cloisons
OBS

boulon à ailettes : désignation uniformisée par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks (Canals)
CONT

The spider is a cast iron anchor plate that securely attaches the collar of the inside post to the stone wall or pier. The spider therefore anchors to the post and allows for the entire gate to open and have a watertight seal when closed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écluses
OBS

Information obtenue auprès de Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks (Canals)
CONT

The spider is a cast iron anchor plate that securely attaches the collar of the inside post to the stone wall or pier. The spider therefore anchors to the post and allows for the entire gate to open and have a watertight seal when closed.

Key term(s)
  • spyder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écluses
OBS

Information obtenue auprès de Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Placement of Concrete
DEF

Post-tensioning equipment cast into the concrete at the end of a tendon to grip the tendon and to transfer load from the steel to the concrete with minimum slippage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mise en place du béton
DEF

Mur destiné à transmettre les efforts de précontrainte au béton grâce à une surface de répartition suffisante.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Hardware
DEF

A metal strap fastened to the end of every second or third common joist and built in the brickwork of a wall to provide lateral support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

An anchor placed at each end of a turnbuckled tie rod between two masonry walls, to prevent them from spreading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
OBS

Pièce, souvent en forme de S, que l'on place aux extrémités d'une barre de métal passant au travers d'un bâtiment en pierres pour empêcher que les murs tombent vers l'extérieur.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Swimming
DEF

A continuous floating marker attached to a line stretched from the lanes running from the starting end to the turning end.

CONT

Lane ropes shall extend the full length of the course, secured at each end wall to anchor brackets recessed into the end walls. The anchor shall be positioned so that the floats at each end wall of the pool shall be on the surface of the water. Each lane rope will consist of floats placed end-to-end having a minimum diameter of 0, 05 metre to a maximum of 0, 15 metre.

OBS

Used to stop wave turbulence and separate swimming lanes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Natation
CONT

Les lignes d'eau doivent s'étendre sur toute la longueur de la piscine, et être attachées à chaque extrémité à des crochets encastrés dans les murs des extrémités. Le crochet doit être placé de telle façon que les flotteurs, à chaque extrémité du bassin, se trouvent à la surface de l'eau.

CONT

Il est interdit [...] d'avancer en se tirant à l'aide des cordes de couloir [...]

CONT

Les nageurs malvoyants de classification S11 et S12 peuvent avoir de la difficulté à effectuer un toucher simultané lors des virages ainsi qu'à l'arrivée s'ils nagent à proximité de la corde de couloir. Dans le cas d'un contact avec la corde de couloir, le nageur ne sera pas disqualifié, en autant qu'aucun avantage n'en aura été tiré.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Natación
OBS

Corchera se encuentra también en plural.

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Record 8 2000-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Supports and Reinforcement (Construction)
CONT

Specification Guidelines for Concrete Modular Retaining Wall... Special considerations : 1) Geogrid can be interrupted by periodic penetration of column, pier or footing structure. 2) If site conditions will not allow geogrid embedment length, consider these alternatives :-KEYSTONE can be designed and built as a reinforced masonry unit wall. Cores will accept vertical reinforcing and grout.-Deadman-tie-back anchor option reduces or eliminates excavation and backfill requirements.

CONT

IPB 380 soldier piles (wide-flange I beams of 380mm web plate depth) were selected .... secured by two tiers of deadman tie-backs."

OBS

Sugg. based on Standard Handbook for Civil Eng. 7-52 and 53.

Key term(s)
  • deadman-tie-back anchor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Étayage et consolidation (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Looped geotextile strips have been utilized in a multi-anchored retaining wall system employed in Austria.... This system uses semicircular concrete anchor elements, similar in appearance to segments cut from a concrete pipe.... The strengths required from looped geotextile strips or looped geotextile ties for multi-anchored walls makes site thermal welding of pre-cut lengths unsatisfactory. Only factory-produced loops with a guaranteed minimum breaking strength should be used in such a critical reinforcing role.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Géotextile : Tout produit ou article textile perméable, utilisé dans les travaux de génie civil. Tissé, non tissé, tricoté ou composite, le géotextile peut jouer un rôle hydraulique (fonction drainante, fonction filtre), ou un rôle mécanique (fonction séparation, fonction renforcement, fonction support ou conteneur).

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Supports and Reinforcement (Construction)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étayage et consolidation (Construction)

Spanish

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