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HINGED COVER [19 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
DEF

The hinged cover protecting the keyboard of a piano.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

The firing mechanism of muzzle-loading firearms wherein the frizzen/battery is integral with a hinged pan cover.

OBS

The strike of the flint on the frizzen produces sparks and simultaneously pivots the pan cover to expose the fine-grained black powder priming charge contained in the pan.

Key term(s)
  • flintlock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Mécanisme de mise de feu d'arme à feu à chargement par la bouche dans lequel la batterie est à même un couvre-bassinet pivotant.

OBS

Le choc du silex sur la batterie produit des étincelles et bascule simultanément le couvre-bassinet pour exposer le pulvérin (poudre noire fine) contenu dans le bassinet.

OBS

platine à silex : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Furniture
  • Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

A hinged cover on the front of a desk that may be lowered to provide a surface for writing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier de bureau
  • Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Partie d'un meuble qui peut se rabattre pour former tablette.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Ground Equipment (Airports)
  • Waste Management
CONT

Utilizing the DC3 chassis, the PNX-TL600 lavatory truck is designed to service all sizes of commercial aircraft. A man lift option is required to service wide body aircraft. The unit uses a two tank system for lavatory service. The waste tank and flush tank are separate components fabricated from 304 stainless steel and are baffled in both directions. A hinged cleanout cover is provided on the waste tank for easy access to the dump valve to remove impediments. The waste tank has a tray to store the waste hose and prevent spillage of waste onto the top of the unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Matériel de piste (Aéroports)
  • Gestion des déchets
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : 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

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Record 5 2005-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
CONT

A hinged locking cover fits over the knob and also prevents moving the quick release.

OBS

Part of the 81mm mortar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
CONT

Un couvercle à charnière verrouillant recouvre le bouton et empêche le mécanisme de déclenchement rapide de bouger.

OBS

Partie du mortier de 81 mm.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-12-17

English

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

A package with a hinged cover which can be pulled outward or upward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
  • Emballages en carton
OBS

une autre nouveauté importante dans les cartonnages était représentée par l'adoption du couvercle type à abattant qui assure une fermeture idéale, en permettant de replier le revêtement intérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dispositivos de apertura y cierre (Embalajes)
  • Embalajes de cartón
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Record 7 1993-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding Yards and Docks
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

Heavy hinged cover for protection against blows from the sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers maritimes
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Couvercle lourd sur charnières assurant une protection contre les coups de mer.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
OBS

hinged port cover : Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
OBS

tape pivotante : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-07-05

English

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

A separate top or cover of a box or other shipping container. May be hinged or otherwise attached.

French

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

Pièce indépendante qui assure la fermeture d'une caisse ou d'un autre type d'emballage de transport, et qui peut être munie d'une charnière ou d'un autre lien le rattachant à son emballage.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
DEF

A movable cover, hinged or unattached, as for a box, trunk, pot, etc....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
CONT

Dans certains cas, [le siège] est complété par un couvercle pour éviter les émanations d'odeur.

Spanish

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Record 11 1990-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
  • Kitchen Utensils
DEF

a type of oven of highly polished metal, used for baking before an open campfire by reflected heat.

CONT

Reflector oven.... This portable open oven held meat on a rotating spit bar; it reflected heat onto the roasting meat, and protected from spattering grease; note the two handles plus a hinged cover for observing and basting; tinned iron; 16" H.(George Neumann, Early American Antique Country Furnishings, p. 188)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
  • Batterie de cuisine

Spanish

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Record 12 1988-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Equipment
DEF

Counter-mounted electrically heated insulated pot with hinged or lift-off cover and ladle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Restaurants)

Spanish

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Record 14 1986-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Equipment
DEF

Rectangular pan with gas or electric heated flat bottom, pouring lip and hinged cover. Floor-mounted on a tubular stand or wall-mounted on brackets with in-wall steel carriers. A small electric pan may be table-mounted on legs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Restaurants)

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Equipment
CONT

Electrically operated unit to introduce live steam to the exterior or interior of food, heating it to serving temperature without loss of moisture. Cabinet type has a hinged cover or drawer for warming the exterior of foods. Hollow pin-type heats food interior through injection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Restaurants)
CONT

[Le] réchaud-rénovateur (...) instantané (...) réchauffe les aliments en quelques secondes, tout en conservant leur saveur naturelle (...)

Spanish

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Record 16 1982-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
OBS

plate with a pierced projection on which a hinged cover fits letting the projection out for receiving a padlock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
OBS

platine pourvue d'un piton percé avec recouvrement à charnière laissant passer le piton qui reçoit le cadenas.

Spanish

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Record 17 1982-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
DEF

A piece of coloured paper or card [or metal] which is placed round the edge of a photograph before mounting.

CONT

Here are the components of a daguerreotype or ambrotype from left to right in order : the hinged case, the soft brass binder, the image-bearing plate, the stiff brass cut-out mat and a clear glass cover.

Key term(s)
  • matting
  • matt
  • matte

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)
DEF

Cadre de carton à l'intérieur duquel on peut glisser un dessin, une estampe, une photographie, une inscription de même format (...)

CONT

Montage avec passe-partout. - On pratique ce genre de montage lorsque les épreuves doivent être envoyées à une exposition, ou encadrées, ou encore pour dissimuler un support sale. Le passe-partout est découpé dans une feuille de papier fort, blanc ou teinté, lisse ou grenu, selon l'aspect de l'image.

Spanish

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Record 18 1980-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Cleaning and Maintenance
  • Housework
  • General Hardware
DEF

a dish with a hinged cover and handle, in which to empty ashtrays, brush crumbs, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de nettoyage et d'entretien (Arts ménagers)
  • Ménage
  • Quincaillerie générale
DEF

Petit dispositif servant principalement à ramasser [...] le contenu des cendriers.

OBS

D'après RCF-461, 1980, "vide-cendrier" fait "vide-cendriers" au pluriel, alors que d'après BT-93, 1961, p. 9 (2e liste), "vide-cendriers" est un terme singulier au pluriel invariable.

Spanish

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Record 19 1980-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Cleaning and Maintenance
  • Housework
  • General Hardware
DEF

a dish with a hinged cover and handle, in which to empty ashtrays, brush crumbs, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de nettoyage et d'entretien (Arts ménagers)
  • Ménage
  • Quincaillerie générale
DEF

Plateau dans lequel on fait tomber avec une brosse les miettes recouvrant une table.

Spanish

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