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Record 1 2020-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
  • Women's Clothing
CONT

The service cap is theoretically unisex, although there exists a service hat(French : chapeau de service) for women. The service hat does not have a crown top and has a stiff brim all around. The front of the brim is formed into a visor and the sides and back are folded upwards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
  • Vêtements pour dames
CONT

Chapeau de service (femmes). Le chapeau de service est orné comme suit : officiers généraux – rameau de feuilles de chêne dorées cousues de chaque côté du chapeau de service, juste au-dessus du bord, l'extrémité des branches inférieures, les plus longues, se joignant à l'avant du chapeau, sur la ligne d'axe vertical de l'insigne de coiffure [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

The process for removing the deposit formed during the secondary fermentation.

CONT

When the crown cap, or cork, is removed and the yeast deposit is ejected, the process is called disgorging [...]. The bottle is quickly turned to an upright position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Opération destinée à expulser le dépôt rassemblé dans le goulot, lors de la prise de mousse des vins champagnisés en bouteilles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria vinícola
DEF

Operación que se realiza a los vinos espumosos naturales elaborados mediante el sistema tradicional o método champanés (segunda fermentación en botella), [para] eliminar las lías procedentes de la segunda fermentación, acumuladas junto al tapón.

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Record 3 2012-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

The intermediate ply between the carcass and the tread of a diagonal tire.

OBS

breaker; breaker strip; crown ply; cap ply : terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Nappe interposée entre la carcasse et la bande de roulement d'un pneu diagonal.

OBS

nappe de sommet; nappe sommet : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ruedas y neumáticos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
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Record 4 2011-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
DEF

Said of a type of corn whose kernels are typically dented on the cap or crown at maturity, as opposed to flint corn.

OBS

e.g. dent corn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

Se dit d'un type de mais, par comparaison au mais corné.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
CONT

[...] se le conoce como maíz dentado (dent corn), debido a que al madurar, sus granos presentan una depresión en el extremo distal.

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Record 5 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Acorn and cap nuts : Acorn nuts and cap nuts combine the hexagonal wrenching surface of standard nuts with a dome, the acorn or cap [which] is used to cover external threads that would be otherwise exposed. Standardized acorn nuts can be divided into two categories : low crown and high crown. The main difference between the two is the amount of available thread engagement. Low crown cap nuts can accept an external thread equal to the nominal diameter. High crown cap nuts have the capacity for 25% more thread engagement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

écrou borgne. Ces écrous sont non débouchant, c'est-à-dire que le trou taraudé n'existe que d'un côté. Ces écrous protègent et cachent le filetage de la vis, à des fins d'esthétique ou de sécurité.

OBS

écrou borgne bas : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Acorn and cap nuts : Acorn nuts and cap nuts combine the hexagonal wrenching surface of standard nuts with a dome, the acorn or cap [which] is used to cover external threads that would be otherwise exposed. Standardized acorn nuts can be divided into two categories : low crown and high crown. The main difference between the two is the amount of available thread engagement. Low crown cap nuts can accept an external thread equal to the nominal diameter. High crown cap nuts have the capacity for 25% more thread engagement.

OBS

domed cap nut: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

Écrou borgne. Ces écrous sont non débouchant, c'est-à-dire que le trou taraudé n'existe que d'un côté. Ces écrous protègent et cachent le filetage de la vis, à des fins d'esthétique ou de sécurité.

OBS

écrou borgne à calotte : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

écrou borgne à calotte : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A hairstyle originating in about 1680 in which the hair was curled and worn at the top of the head, secured by a ribbon. It developed into a very tall, elaborate headdress consisting of tiers of wired ruffles of muslin, lace and ribbons.

CONT

Called a Fontange, a commode or a tower, this type of cap had a small round crown in front of which frills of lace or linen and lace on a wire frame rose in several tiers, projecting obliquely forward; two long streamers(lappets) of matching material hung down at the back or might be pinned up to the crown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
DEF

Coiffure de toile et de dentelle, retenue droite sur la tête par des fils de laiton, portée par les femmes à la cour de Louis XIV.

OBS

Elle doit son nom à celle qui l'a pour ainsi dire «inventé» un peu par hasard, la duchesse de Fontanges. En participant à une chasse royale, les rubans qui retenaient sa coiffure s'étaient décrochés et la jeune duchesse s'était recoiffée avec sa jarretière. Le roi XIV l'avait complimentée et la coiffure devint très vite à la mode.

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (Military)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habillement (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
DEF

A metal closure, lined with compo cork or plastic with or without a facing, of the type used for narrow-necked carbonated beverage bottles, for cone-top beer cans and similar containers. The metal cap is crimped on its edges over a crown finish to grip and seal the contents of pressure goods.

OBS

Although the term "crown cork" is given as a synonym for "crown cap" in the Webster's Third New International Dictionary, it should rather be reserved to crown closures incorporating a cork liner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
DEF

Capsule de métal dont la jupe ondulée est munie d'un joint intérieur en plastique coulé (ou plus rarement en liège) qui se sertit sur la bague d'une bouteille.

CONT

[...] la capsule-couronne [...] comporte un joint intérieur soit en liège, avec ou sans spot de protection, soit en matière plastique [...] les fabricants proposent divers modèles permettant le décapsulage sans débouchoir.

OBS

Il est à noter que le terme «bouchon-couronne», généralement employé pour ce type de capsule, est la plupart du temps incorrect puisqu'un bouchon comporte une fermeture disposée à l'intérieur de l'orifice de remplissage du récipient.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

the special crown of a duke

OBS

A coronet without the cap, and with only three leaves is called a "ducal coronet", and often a "ducal crown. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A metal cap designed to fit the prepared tooth and reproduce the crown.

OBS

Usually made of gold plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Couronne métallique complète, façonnée pour s'adapter à une préparation et reproduire la couronne.

OBS

Généralement faite d'or plaqué.

Spanish

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Record 12 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
  • Hats and Millinery
DEF

... indoor cap with puffed crown, the pleated border exposing forehead, but wrapping cheeks and continued beneath chin.

CONT

In the last decades of the 18th century, the dormeuse, a mob cap from France, becomes all the rage. It is very large and elaborately trimmed with layers of lace and ruching. Like all caps at this time, it consists of a crown or ’bag’, a frill or ’wing’, and lappets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
  • Chapellerie
DEF

[...] grand bonnet porté aux environs de 1780, soit par des dames agées en costume de ville, soit comme partie du costume d'intérieur ou négligé.

CONT

Les bonnets appelés dormeuses, aussi volumineux que les perruques, étaient ornés de rubans et de ruches.

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Clothing (Military)
CONT

Cloth cap :-without piping in the crown;-cloth covered peak;-mohair braid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Habillement (Militaire)
OBS

Soutache : Tresse de galon [...]. Ouvrage de passementerie (tresse ou galon) servant d'ornement distinctif sur les uniformes, les képis [...].

Spanish

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Record 14 1996-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
DEF

An infantry undress cap

DEF

A small military cap with a visor and a round flat crown to be worn with undress uniform

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
OBS

[...] casquette de petite tenue [...]

Spanish

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Record 15 1995-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Birds
DEF

The back of the neck.

CONT

A Zebra-backed woodpecker with a red cap, white rump. Red covers crown and nape in male, only nape in female.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Partie postérieure du cou, au-dessous de l'occiput.

Spanish

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Record 16 1989-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A thin metal covering or cap over a prepared tooth. Another restoration or part of a restoration may be fitted over the coping. May serve as a retainer or a base for the construction of a crown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Coiffe ou dé métallique d'épaisseur régulière s'adaptant exactement à un ancrage coronaire ou corono-radiculaire sans pour autant donner la forme anatomique de la dent à restaurer.

OBS

"Jaquette" figure dans "L'angoisse du roi Salomon" de Romain Gary.

Spanish

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Record 17 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Containers
CONT

The types of stopper at present made in plastic may be grouped in three categories : 1) Seals entirely made of plastic with or without tear-off tab; 2) Combined plastic and metal seals; 3) Plastic seals used for restoppering containers which have already been opened(these are generally known as lids and are used in conjunction with metal caps such as the crown or tear-off aluminium cap).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conteneurs

Spanish

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