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HOLDING WOOD [18 records]

Record 1 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
  • Percussion Instruments
  • String Instruments
CONT

A pin block is a piece of cross-laminated hard wood into which the tuning pins are driven, holding the piano in tune.

Key term(s)
  • wrest-plank
  • wrest-block

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

[...] pièce de bois dans laquelle sont fixées des chevilles où sont attachées les cordes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de teclado
  • Instrumentos de percusión
  • Instrumentos de cuerda
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Record 2 2019-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Wood Turning and Lathing
CONT

Wood turning lathe operator... Operates wood-turning lathe to turn wood-stock, and cuts designs in and shapes stock by holding chisels against rotating stock... Selects chisel according to type of cut specified and holds chisel against rotating stock to cut shapes according to drawing. Verifies dimensions of shapes and cuts, using calipers and rule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Tournage sur bois

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Torneado y listonado (Industria maderera)
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Record 3 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Silviculture
CONT

(Heeling in) is a procedure designed to keep alive and in the best possible condition bare-root plants dug for transplanting that cannot be planted immediately. ... It is done by digging a trench or ditch of sufficient size to accommodate the roots of plants laid as closely together as practicable without breaking, or bunching the roots to the extent that soil filled in will not be in contact with them.

CONT

Water your heeling trenches thoroughly, immediately before setting your plants into this temporary home. Cut off any roots which were damaged in the moving process, and then you can set each plant into the trench, allowing a small space between each rootball. Mix moist peat moss or wood shavings with the native soil to increase the water retention capabilities of the soil. Using this mixture, work the soil in among the roots, and cover the entire root ball slightly deeper than at the depth it was previously covered. Water again, thoroughly. Be sure to water this holding area regularly, but do not feed the plants. This method should keep your plants alive for 6 months or longer, until you are ready to set them into their permanent garden home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Tranchée qui sert à l'entreposage des végétaux en attente de plantation définitive ou pour leur conservation hivernale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Hardware
  • Metal Fasteners
DEF

Cut nail: a heavy carpentry nail of rectangular cross-section, made by cutting a sheet of steel plate, as opposed to forging wire to make wire nails. Cut nails cannot be bent over and clenched like wire nails.

DEF

Cut nail : A square, tapered wood fastenening, used especially in heavy timber construction where great holding power is desired.

DEF

Clasp nail: A cut nail used in heavy carpentry fixings and for fixing such elements as door linings and skirtings to masonry.

OBS

No longer in common use, the cut nail has been largely replaced by the wire nail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
  • Clouterie et visserie
DEF

Clou fait à partir d'une bande d'acier découpée de même épaisseur que le clou fini et dont le sens du métal doit être parallèle à la longueur du clou.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artículos de ferretería para la construcción
  • Clavos y tornillos
DEF

Clavo con el fuste aplastado y en cuña. Tiene cabeza cuadrada y se utiliza en construcciones de madera.

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Record 5 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry
DEF

A wooden rack for holding wood that is being sawed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie
DEF

Chevalet pour soutenir une pièce de bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carpintería
DEF

Armazón de madera en forma de X diseñado para poder colocar los maderos durante el proceso de aserrado.

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Record 6 2010-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Techniques
DEF

A metal, wood, etc., circular band holding the body of a cylindrical container.

OBS

In French, the term “feuillard” is more generic than the English term “hoop”, since it is used to designate the consolidation of any shape of products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'emballage
DEF

Bande étroite d'une matière résistante tel le métal ou le plastique employée pour consolider un ouvrage en bois, ou pour cercler un emballage.

OBS

Le terme «feuillard» est plus générique que l'anglais «hoop» car celui-ci est utilisé pour consolider des emballages de toute forme.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A relatively small holding of forested land which is used as a source of wood for commercial purposes.

Key term(s)
  • wood lot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Boisé ou partie de boisé aménagés pour la production de bois.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

A metal or wood frame used for making and holding a sand mold. The upper part is called the cope; the lower, the drag.

PHR

built-up moulding box

Key term(s)
  • molding mold

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
DEF

Cadre le plus souvent métallique, de forme carrée, rectangulaire ou diverse, dans lequel on tasse le sable des moules de fonderie au contact du modèle.

PHR

châssis démontable

Key term(s)
  • châssis de moulage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fundición
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Record 9 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smoker's Articles
DEF

A small rack, usually of wood, for holding a smoker's pipes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de fumeur
DEF

Planchette percée de trous où l'on range ses pipes.

CONT

Tout est bon pour ranger ses pipes, même le haut de ses bottes comme l'avaient institué les mousquetaires. Certes, il existe des objets spécialement conçus à cet usage, sorte de petits râteliers.

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
  • Finish Carpentry
DEF

A strip of wood fastened to another piece, usually to provide a holding or bracing effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
  • Menuiserie
DEF

Pièce de bois généralement allongée et de faible section servant à supporter des tablettes intérieures, fonds, casiers et autres dispositifs.

DEF

Barre de bois de section carrée qui forme cale ou support de tablettes, d'étagères, etc.

OBS

tasseau : Terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Union Organization
DEF

iron vessel or basket used for holding burning oil, pitchy wood, or other illuminant and mounted as a torch or suspended as a lantern.

OBS

Of the shape, form and use similar to that of a beacon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Organisation syndicale

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
DEF

A movable dam, consisting of a water curtain formed by timber leaves or wickets inclined downstream; the butt of the wicket is supported against a sill along the upstream side of the base slab and the wicket is pivoted a little below its center point to a collapsible horse held in place by a long prop.

CONT

Chanoine Wicket-dam.... The term "wicket" has been applied in the United States to a shutter revolving on an axle placed near its needle. Described in detail, a Chanoine wicket consists of three parts... : A rectangular panel of wood or iron; the horse or trestle, supporting the axle of the shutter, and the prop holding up the horse and having its foot bearing against a cast-iron shoe, called a "hurter"(in French "heurtoir") fixed to the apron. The parts of the shutter above and below the axle are called respectively the "chase" and the "breech".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
DEF

Barrage mobile constitué d'un rideau étanche en bois, incliné vers l'aval et s'articulant à un chevalet et à un arc-boutant, ce dernier prenant appui contre un heurtoir fixé au radier.

CONT

Initialement, les ingénieurs américains ont construit 52 barrages sur ... l'Ohio. Ils étaient équipés de hausses Chanoine (ou plutôt de hausses Pascaud, système très voisin dont le prototype a été réalisé en 1880 sur la Saône, près de son confluent avec le Rhône.

OBS

Aux USA, les hausses Chanoine munies de la glissière Pasqueau sont désignées sous le nom de hausses Chanoine [Chanoine wicket], que l'on trouvera seul dans la littérature américaine...

Spanish

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Record 13 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Garden and landscape design deals with the treatment of land areas not covered by buildings, when those areas are considered important to visual experience, with or without utilitarian function.... Garden and landscape design... works with a wide range of natural and processed materials capable of holding up well in the specific local climatic conditions of the site. These materials include earth, rock, water, and plants, either existing on the site or brought in; and construction materials such as concrete, stone, brick, wood, tile, metal, and glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Conception et création du jardin. Le jardin moderne doit être fonctionnel; il faut que son ensemble et chacune de ses parties répondent à un besoin ou une satisfaction et aient leur utilité.

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

trough : a long, narrow open container of wood, stone, etc. for holding water or food for animals; any similarly shaped vessel as one for kneading or washing something.

OBS

In BAPLO, 1960, p. 420, there is an illustration of the barracks-type lavatory which seems to designate the same concept.

Key term(s)
  • barracks-type lavatory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
CONT

Les lavabos prennent une grande importance quand il s'agit d'en pourvoir un établissement industriel, en raison même du nombreux personnel qui doit en faire usage. Le type le plus simple consiste en une auge montée sur supports. Il convient principalement au personnel en faisant un usage intensif aux heures de cessation de travail. Selon l'importance de l'installation, les dispositions du local, etc., les lavabos-auges sont adossés aux murs ou, plus souvent, disposés en épis perpendiculairement aux baies pour que l'éclairage soit bien dispensé entre les travées.

OBS

On trouve une illustration du lavabo-auge dans GAPLO, 1981, p. 276.

OBS

Voir documents graphiques d'accompagnement.

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
DEF

A holding device consisting of a block of wood with a v-shaped piece cut out of the upper surface. When laid on the bench it is used for holding a piece of timber while it has its corners planed off, e. g. when making whippletrees, legs for milking stools, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)

Spanish

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Record 16 1986-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Home Furniture
DEF

a wood or metal stand for holding an ashtray.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier domestique

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)

Spanish

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Record 18 1983-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

the piece or handle of wood, bone, antler holding a cutting stone, flint, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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