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HOLDING WEDGE [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

Wedge used to tighten shores and centrings as well as to free them; used also for certain joints in masonry construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Cale pour serrer et dégager les étais et les cintrages et pour certains joints de construction en maçonnerie

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Viticulture
  • Horticulture
DEF

An implement designed especially for use in grafting that combines a handle, a blade for making the cut for a cleft graft and a wedge for holding it open while the scions are being inserted.

CONT

Grafting tool. Specially designed tools have been developed for grafting. The most common one is used for cleft grafting. It has a blade used to split the stub and a wedge to hold the split open while the scions are inserted.

CONT

With the cleft graft, a special cleft grafting tool is used ... for splitting the stocks.

OBS

According to two sources consulted, there exist other grafting tools than the one described above, and therefore it may be preferable to use the term "cleft grafting tool" in certain circumstances even though the definition given in the Webster Dictionary is unequivocal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Viticulture
  • Horticulture
OBS

[Il] est de fer, long d'un pied, le manche compris, épais de trois lignes : il a par-dessous un taillant de sept à huit pouces de long, et de trois de large, et au bout par-dessus une espèce de coin élevé d'un demi-pouce de large en bas, et d'un pouce et demi de haut pour tenir la fente ouverte, afin d'y insérer la greffe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aperos agrícolas e implementos de horticultura
  • Fruticultura
  • Viticultura
  • Horticultura
DEF

Instrumento cortante que sirve para efectuar injertos.

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