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HASSOCK [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hassock : an item in the "Furniture" class of the "Furnishings" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

coussin repose-pied : objet de la classe «Meubles» de la catégorie «Ameublement et accessoires».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Home Furniture
DEF

A thick firm cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier domestique
DEF

Gros tabouret bas et cylindrique sans bois apparent, généralement recouvert d'un capitonnage épais et garni d'une longue frange allant jusqu'à terre (Second Empire).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

... the wavy, extremely disorganized, and markedly and intricately crumpled, twisted, or folded laminae that are confined within a single, relatively thin, well-defined, undeformed layer, that die out both upward and downward, and that are overlain and underlain by parallel undisturbed layers.

Key term(s)
  • curled bedding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Structure ondulée ou contournée qui s'amincit progressivement vers le haut ou le bas dans un ensemble sédimentaire.

CONT

De nombreux sédiments fins et stratifiés présentent des replis et divers types de déformations de la stratification interne. Les niveaux alternativement sombres et clairs, grossiers ou plus fins mettent en évidence une microtectonique qui dessine des figures de plis dysharmoniques depuis les plus simples jusqu'aux plus compliqués: plis, failles, chevauchements. C'est cet ensemble de figures que l'on appelle «contournements» et couches contournées.

Key term(s)
  • convolution
  • lamina en volute
  • lamine en volute
  • contournement
  • couche contournée

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A white canvas bag filled with stuffing and securely anchored with straps to metal stakes to mark the first, second and third base on a baseball or softball field.

OBS

The home plate is a white triangular board anchored flush with the surrounding ground to allow slides to home base.

Key term(s)
  • base

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Sac de toile rembourré qui indique l'emplacement de chacun des trois buts [sur un terrain de baseball ou de softball].

OBS

Une plaque marque l'emplacement du marbre.

OBS

Le terme «coussin» est souvent utilisé pour signifier l'un des premier, deuxième ou troisième buts.

Key term(s)
  • but

Spanish

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