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HOOFS [10 records]

Record 1 2024-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • By-Products and Waste Processing (Leather Ind.)
  • Slaughterhouses
  • Glues and Adhesives (Industries)
DEF

... the hair, bones, hoofs, horns, fleshings, hide cuttings or parings of an animal or any other part of an animal that may be used in the manufacture of glue...

Key term(s)
  • glue-stock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits secondaires et déchets (Ind. du cuir)
  • Abattoirs
  • Colles et adhésifs (Industries)
DEF

[...] poils, os, sabots, cornes, écharnures, rognures ou coupures de peau d'un animal et toute autre partie d'un animal pouvant servir à la fabrication de la colle.

OBS

oreillon : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • oreillons

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Subproductos y tratamiento de desechos (Ind. del cuero)
  • Mataderos
  • Pegamentos y adhesivos (Industrias)
DEF

Sin embargo, el vocablo [cola] tiene su origen en la cola tradicional, una sustancia adhesiva, más o menos pura, obtenida del calentamiento de despojos animales.

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Record 2 2023-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Zoology
CONT

... the hoof ... consists of hornlike dermal (skin) tissue, comparable to the human fingernail, which extends over the end of a broadened terminal digit.

OBS

hoof : The plural forms are "hoofs" or "hooves. "

Key term(s)
  • hoofs
  • hooves

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Zoologie
DEF

Épaisse enveloppe cornée recouvrant et protégeant l'extrémité de la patte [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A forward leap performed by a horse trained in manège in which fore and hind legs are gathered under the body and the hind hoofs are turned outward so that the shoes are visible.

Key term(s)
  • balotade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Un des airs relevés.

Key term(s)
  • ballottade

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 4 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

Viewed from the rear, the set is correct, if the perpendicular from the point of the buttock runs right through the center of the lower parts of the leg from the point of the hock, and leaves a space between the hoofs about equal to the width of the fetlock. If the line is inside these points, the horse is too open, often splay-footed(point of hoofs turned outward and inside of heels too close).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Se dit du cheval dont les membres sont déjetés latéralement. On le dit communément béquillard.

OBS

On retrouve aussi «trop ouvert» dans la source «c».

Key term(s)
  • trop ouvert

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Animal Care Equipment (Farm equipment)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Soins aux animaux (Matériel agricole)

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Broken foot in which the foot axis ... is more upright than the pastern axis ...

CONT

Pic 2 shows a foot broken forward. This angle creates excessive jarring as there is less spring whereas pic 3 shows the foot broken back. This applies excessive tension on the tendons.

OBS

... the junction of the pastern axis and the foot axis forms a line that is broken, forming a point toward the front. The pastern angle is lower than the hoof angle, the hoof appears stumpy and heels (which are too high) may appear vertical.

OBS

When the slope of the dorsal hoof wall is steeper than that of the pastern, the axis is said to be broken forward.

OBS

Mules often have upright hoofs with a broken-forward foot axis(hoof angles higher than pastern angles) and they tend to have healthier hoofs and legs than horses...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Pour être bien fait, le paturon doit être court. Trop long, il constitue un vice et le cheval est dit long-jointé. Trop court, c'est aussi un défaut et le cheval est court-jointé. S'il est trop incliné, le cheval est bas-jointé. S'il ne l'est pas assez, le cheval est haut-jointé.

OBS

bas-jointé [terme connexe] : Dans le sens retenu ici, l'axe du paturon est plus incliné que l'axe du pied.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Viewed from the front, an imaginary line passing through the centre of the coronet and the centre of the toe, dividing the foot into equal parts. Viewed from the side, an imaginary line parallel to the front line of the wall from the coronet to the toe.

CONT

Mules often have upright hoofs with a broken-forward foot axis(hoof angles higher than pastern angles) and they tend to have healthier hoofs and legs than horses...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

A high croup adds more weight to the front quarters making it harder for a horse to come off the ground in front and increasing concussion to the front hoofs. This can make for an uncomfortable ride.

OBS

croup high: When the line of the back is sloping exaggeratedly up toward the croup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

[Dos] incliné vers l'avant.

OBS

Lorsque la taille au garrot est supérieur, le cheval est dit «haut du devant», il est fait en montant; dans le cas contraire on dit qu'il est «bas du devant», il est fait en descendant, en plongeant, en brouette.

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Extinct plantigrade mammals of the Eocene period having pentadactyl limbs without hoofs; having an elongated skull with a very small brain and having all four types of mammalian teeth.

OBS

The order Condylarthra is one of the most characteristic groups of Paleocene mammals, and it illustrates well the evolutionay level of the Paleocene mammal fauna.

OBS

condylarthra: a collective term rarely used in the singular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[...] série de Mammifères au début du tertiaire Américain et européen, dont l'articulation de l'astragale avec le naviculaire est en condyle, d'où leur nom, à caractères primitifs et composites, synthétiques [...]

OBS

condylarthres : terme collectif rarement utilisé au singulier (condylarthre).

Key term(s)
  • condylarthre

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

When any beast of prey has teeth and claws, or any beast of chase(except stags, &c.) horns and hoofs, or any bird of prey beak and talons, of a tincture different from its body, it is said to be armed of such a tincture...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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