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HANDLE BAT [5 records]

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Record 1 2013-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

A correct shake-hands table tennis grip should have your index finger on the backhand rubber, your thumb tucked in on the forehand side, the other three fingers loosely wrapped around the handle, little to no gap between the top of the handle and your hand [and] the "V" or crease of your hand in line with the edge of the bat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Les trois principales méthodes pour tenir la raquette sont la prise classique ou européenne, la chinoise et la coréenne. L’avantage de la prise européenne réside dans le fait que les 2 faces de la raquette sont utilisées.

OBS

prise classique; prise européenne : termes de tennis de table.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
OBS

Término de tenis de mesa.

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Record 2 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A cylindrical instrument used to hit a baseball, usually made of wood and tapered at one end.

CONT

A bat is made of one piece of solid wood or from a block of wood consisting of two or more pieces bonded together in such a way that the grain direction is parallel to the length of the bat. It can be as long as 42 inches [though 36 or 37 inches is rarely exceeded for a baseball bat, and as long as 34 inches for a softball bat] and must not exceed a diameter of 2 3/4 inches [2 1/4 inches for a softball bat] at its thickest part. Tape or another sticky substance may be applied to the handle to permit a better grip, but should not be higher than 18 inches [10 to 15 inches for a softball bat] up the handle.

OBS

Bat nicknames have survived long usage, some of the more enduring being "lumber," "wood," "wand," "willow," "war club," "stick," "shillelagh." A bat is still called the "hickory" because it used to be made of the hardwood, although white ash has long since proved more satisfactory. The [term] "white tongue" as a synonym dates to the 1880s when A.G. Spalding advertised for 100,000 wagon tongues to be turned into bats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Morceau de bois long de 107 cm et ayant un diamètre de 7 cm servant à frapper la balle.

CONT

Le bâton est fait d'une pièce de bois solide ou d'un bloc de deux ou plusieurs pièces collées de façon que le grain soit parallèle à la longueur du bâton. Il peut avoir jusqu'à 42 pouces de long [bien que l'on excède rarement 36 ou 37 pouces, et jusqu'à 34 pouces pour le bâton de softball] et son diamètre ne doit pas excéder 2.75 pouces [2.25 pouces pour le bâton de softball] au plus épais. On peut appliquer un ruban ou une substance collante sur le manche pour donner une bonne prise. Le ruban ne doit pas couvrir plus de 18 pouces [de 10 à 15 pouces pour le bâton de softball].

OBS

La graphie «base-ball» (ou «baseball») est utilisée en France. Au Canada, «baseball» est plus usitée.

Key term(s)
  • batte de baseball
  • bâton de base-ball

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Béisbol y softball
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Record 3 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

For the batter, to shorten his grip on the handle of a baseball bat by holding it nearer the barrel.

OBS

In doing so, he reduces the effective weight on the bat but having a better control, he often places the ball in the infield between the pitcher’s mound and the home plate, so that it is possible for him to reach the first base before the pitcher or the catcher can grab the ball and throw it to the first base to put him out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Tenir le bâton plus près du point de frappe qu'à l'accoutumée pour pouvoir frapper la balle avec plus de précision.

OBS

Ce faisant, le frappeur réduit sa puissance de frappe mais arrive habituellement à placer la balle au champ intérieur, souvent entre le monticule et le marbre, ce qui lui permet de rejoindre le premier but avant que le frappeur ou le receveur ne parvienne à capter la balle pour la lancer au premier but en vue du retrait.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Baseball and Softball
Key term(s)
  • bat handle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Baseball et softball

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Béisbol y softball
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Record 5 1985-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

autopilot bat handle switch(L-1011).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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