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FOOT STRAPS [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Strap strung inside shafts of sulky to keep the horse swinging the rear end to the right and left and traveling sideways on its gait.

CONT

Gaiting straps are put on a horse to keep his rear end in line. I’ve put them on trotters on both sides. Sometimes they’ll throw their feet out pretty wide into a wheel or the sulky, particularly on a half-mile track where they’re going at a terrific clip around the turns. A lot of good horses that I’ve raced had to wear gaiting straps over a half-mile track. A gaiting strap catches them up along the stifle and keeps them from throwing their foot out.

OBS

A term used in harness racing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Terme appartenant aux courses attelées.

OBS

DALCH, page 64F, met par erreur, «sangle de direction» comme synonyme de «courroie de langue» au lieu de l'inscrire comme synonyme de «courroie d'allure» qui figure sur la même page; il le fait cependant pages 63E et 111F.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
OBS

Piece of equipment.

OBS

foot straps : term also used in sailing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
OBS

Matériel.

OBS

Pluriel : des cale-pieds.

OBS

cale-pieds (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

cale-pieds : terme employé aussi à la voile.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
DEF

Straps to put your foot in so you keep connected to the board.

CONT

Most modern footstraps consist of a rubber, plastic, or webbing strip attached to the board in a small loop, and covered with a neoprene to protect your feet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

Sangles fixées sur la planche sous lesquelles le planchiste place ses pieds (principalement pour le saut des vagues).

OBS

Pluriel : des cale-pieds.

OBS

cale-pieds (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esquí acuático y surfing
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Record 4 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear (Clothing)
DEF

A kind of footwear consisting of a sole fastened in various ways to the foot by straps over the insteap or toes, or around the ankle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures (Vêtements)
DEF

Chaussure légère faite d'une simple semelle retenue par des cordons ou des lanières qui s'attachent sur le dessus du pied.

Spanish

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