TERMIUM Plus®

From: Translation Bureau

On social media

Consult the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank.

HAMMER BLOCK [9 records]

Record 1 2025-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

A bar that acts as an automatic safety in some revolvers that is raised between the hammer and the firing pin when the trigger is pulled fully rearward or when the hammer is cocked manually.

OBS

Not to be confused with "hammer block".

OBS

safety bar: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Dans certains revolvers, tige de sécurité qui est élevée entre le chien et le percuteur lorsque la détente est complètement tirée ou lorsque le chien est armé manuellement.

OBS

sécurité antichute : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

sécurité anti-chute; sécurité anti-choc : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Key term(s)
  • sécurité antichoc

Spanish

Save record 1

Record 2 2025-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

A bar acting as a mechanical safety in some modern revolvers and which is interposed between the hammer and the frame except when the trigger is pulled fully rearward.

OBS

Not to be confused with "safety bar".

Key term(s)
  • hammerblock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Tige de sécurité dans certains revolvers modernes, interposée entre le chien et l'armature jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit abaissée par l'action de la détente.

OBS

sécurité anti-chute : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Key term(s)
  • sécurité antichute

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2017-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

... a specialized thick, short, stocky wrench with a block end to the handle specifically designed for use with a hammer, enabling one to impart great force.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
CONT

Une clé à frapper s'utilise le plus souvent avec une masse ou un marteau pneumatique pour les blocages et les déblocages notamment lors d'opérations en grosse mécanique.

OBS

Il existe plusieurs types de clé à frapper : clé à frapper polygonale, clé à frapper à fourche, clé à frapper 12 pans, clé à frapper contrecoudée, etc.

Spanish

Save record 3

Record 4 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
  • Civil Engineering
DEF

A metal cap which temporarily covers and protects the head of a precast pile while it is being driven into the ground by a pile driver.

DEF

[A] block of hardwood or other suitable material, placed on top of a concrete or timber pile to cushion the blows from a pile-driving hammer.

Key term(s)
  • capping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
  • Génie civil
DEF

Dispositif de protection intercalé entre la tête d'un pieu ou d'une palplanche et la masse (mouton) qui les frappe pour les enfoncer.

Spanish

Save record 4

Record 5 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

The javelin thrower goes up over the block to release and the hammer thrower goes around the block to give the hammer its final acceleration.

OBS

Technique/tactics - throwing events.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
OBS

Technique/tactique - lancers.

Spanish

Save record 5

Record 6 2005-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transformation of Momentum (Mechanical Components)
CONT

In certain applications, it is not desirable or feasible to mount a machine directly on vibration isolators. Instead, the machine is attached to a relatively heavy and rigid block(usually made of concrete), which is then supported by suitable isolators. The use of such a massive block(called an inertia block or reaction mass) is desirable for the following reasons : 1. If a machine(such as a diesel engine, forging hammer, or vibration testing machine) generates relatively large forces during its operation, the overall movements of the machine on its isolation system tends to become excessive unless its effective mass is subtantially increased. Rigidly attaching the machine to an inertia block and mounting the inertia block on isolators can achieve this increase in effective mass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformations de mouvements (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

Save record 6

Record 7 2005-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

CLINCH. The part of a horseshoe nail visible on the outside of a shod horse’s hoof. This part of the nail is folded down against the hoof to form a clamp, and normally has to be straightened or removed before the horseshoe can be pulled off without doing damage to the hoof. a.k.a.: Clench.

CONT

Diamond Clincher, 12. Designed for easier clinching of nails, less use of clinch block and hammer.

Key term(s)
  • clenching tongs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

Le rivetage : Les pointes des clous dépassant de la paroi du sabot sont coupées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
DEF

Acción y efecto de remachar.

OBS

remachar : Machacar la punta o la cabeza del clavo ya clavado.

Save record 7

Record 8 2001-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

Of a saw whose teeth are set by bending them out of the plane of the disk, band, web, etc., alternately to each side.

OBS

Effected by a saw set... or by a set block and hammer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
OBS

avoyage par torsion : Action qui consiste à tordre les dents d'une lame de scie vers l'extérieur du plan de la lame, alternativement d'un côté et de l'autre.

CONT

[...] dent [...] avoyée par torsion.

Spanish

Save record 8

Record 9 1999-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

A percussion instrument of indefinite pitch [which] may consist of one or two metal bars mounted on a resonating frame ... although definable notes are produced, they are not usually prescribed.

CONT

An anvil may be made in various forms. It may be a round bar or rectangular block of steel suspended by a cord and struck with a hammer, or... pieces of steels... laid on a pad of soft felt... The anvils are reserved exclusively for loud passages, and play fairly rapid rhythms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
DEF

Instrument à percussion constitué de barres de métal de longueurs différentes posées sur une caisse de résonance et frappées à l'aide d'un marteau de métal ou de bois dur.

Spanish

Save record 9

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2026
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Features

GCtranslate (available on the Government of Canada network only)

Use this artificial intelligence prototype to translate Government of Canada content up to and including Protected B. Available to employees of selected departments and agencies only.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: