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Record 1 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Woodworking
  • Finish Carpentry
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

A space hollowed out, as in a piece of wood, to receive a tenon...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail du bois
  • Menuiserie
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
  • Constructions navales
DEF

Trou de section rectangulaire pratiqué dans une pièce de bois pour recevoir le tenon d'une autre pièce assemblée avec la première.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo de la madera
  • Carpintería
  • Juntas y conexiones (Construcción)
  • Construcción naval
DEF

En trabajos de carpintería, cavidad practicada en una pieza de madera para recibir una espiga o lengüeta que sobresale de otra pieza.

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Record 2 2015-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

A shallow grave hollowed out of a bed of rock or the floor of a tholos.

CONT

The simple pit tomb continued to serve the poorer classes throughout Egyptian history.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
CONT

Tombe à fosse creusée dans le roc ou simplement dans la terre pour recevoir le cadavre, ou les cendres du mort. Il peut s'agir d'un simple trou dans la terre, aux dimensions approximatives du cadavre dans la position voulue pour l’ensevelissement, ou bien d'un volume parallélépipédique ou pyramidant aux parois bien dressées. [Elle] pouvait recevoir soit une inhumation directe, soit un cercueil, soit un sarcophage [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

A block of wood hollowed out to form a hemispherical recess. After it has been dipped in water to reduce charring and to create a "cushion" of steam, the block is used to form the gather into a sphere, prior to inflation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Gros maillet de bois, Mailloche de mouleur. Baguette terminée par une boule garnie de peau, pour frapper les tambours, les gongs et les métallophones.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Official Ceremonies
  • Construction
DEF

ceremonial building block, usually placed ritually in the outer wall of a building to commemorate dedication. Sometimes it is solid, with date or other inscription. More typically, it is hollowed out to contain metal receptacles for newspapers, photographs, currency, books, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to their historical use when the building is remodelled or demolished.

OBS

Until the development of modern construction, the stone was usually at a corner, possibly as the first of the foundation stones, and it was a real support. Today, to be called a cornerstone, it need not be a support, at a corner, or even in the foundation. Often it is placed ornamentally in the facade or in an interior wall or floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonies officielles
  • Construction
DEF

Bloc posé dans les fondations, portant une inscription ou contenant une médaille commémorative du début de la construction.

DEF

pierre de fondation, généralement pierre d'angle, posée solennellement. (On y pratique une cavité dans laquelle on loge un document, une médaille commémorative.)

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
  • Period Costumes (Museums and Heritage)
CONT

An armet consisted of a globular iron cap, spreading out with a large hollowed projection over the back of the neck, and protected in front by the visor, beaver and gorget.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
  • Costumes anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
CONT

L'armet se compose d'un timbre arrondi surmonté d'une crête plus ou moins saillante, de pièces mobiles pour protéger le visage, mézail, nasal, ventail, mentonnière et d'un gorgerin.

Spanish

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Record 6 1983-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

that is empty inside

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 7 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

the Upper Palaeolithic, a lamp hollowed out of limestone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 8 1977-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the family Pleuromyidae have a] shell of medium size, equivalve, oval, oblong or trapeziform, moderately to strongly inflated, with [a] narrow or moderately wide posterior gape; umbones [are] situated within [the] anterior half and usually well toward [the] anterior end of [the] shell, broadly rounded, not strongly protruding; [there are] no demarcated dorsal areas; no true hinge teeth; [the] main part of [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic, with short supporting nymphs; below and slightly anterior to the beak of each valve is [a] short, rounded protuberance of [the margin], slightly hollowed out above, and behind [the] protuberance is [a] small niche; [the] protuberance of RV fits above that of the left, a small internal ligament possibly occupying the space between them; [the] postero-dorsal margin of RV(...) [overlaps] that of LV; [the] pallial sinus [is] deep; [the] ostracum [is] thin, probably originally nacreous internally. [The] surface [is] with or without concentric ribbing and with a delicate ornament of radial rows of minute pustules. "Trias.-L. Cret".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la famille des Pleuromyidae ont une] coquille mince, inéquilatérale, lisse ou ornée de fines granulations disposées en rangées concentriques, bâillante en avant et en arrière; [une] charnière sans dents mais avec une protubérance sous le crochet; [un] ligament en partie interne; [et un] sinus palléal.

Spanish

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