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HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLE [7 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2025-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • horse drawn vehicle sightseeing tour guide

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
  • Funeral Services
CONT

Horse-drawn hearse: ... this magnificent three-horse hearse [was built] for [the] funeral parlour [that] used it to deliver deluxe funerals to both the high- and the low-born throughout the year ... The hearse was furnished with black curtains for adults and white for children.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

Corbillard hippomobile [:] magnifique corbillard à trois chevaux [que la] maison funéraire [...] utilise toute l'année pour conduire, en apparat, des gens de grande et de petite naissance, à leur dernier repos. [...] Les rideaux du corbillard sont noirs pour les enterrements d'adultes et blancs pour ceux d'enfants.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
  • Funeral Services
DEF

A horse-drawn vehicle, usually two-wheeled, used to carry artillery ammunition and coffins at military funerals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

[On entend] les commandements brefs et le bruit des sabots des chevaux sur l’asphalte tirant le caisson où repose le cercueil [du président] sous le drapeau étoilé.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation
DEF

hippomobile : A word used in the early days of motor vehicles for a horse-drawn vehicle.

OBS

See also "animal-drawn vehicle."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports
DEF

[...] véhicule tiré par un ou plusieurs chevaux.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
DEF

A low car, often open and with balloon tyres, for driving on sand.

OBS

The term "buggy" is seldom used alone in English as it still implies a horse-drawn vehicle, especially in the United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
DEF

Véhicule léger tout terrain, constitué d'un châssis de voiture de série, d'une caisse en polyester et doté de jantes et pneus larges.

OBS

Pluriel : des buggys ou des buggies.

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 6 1993-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • History of Technology
DEF

A horse-drawn vehicle used to ice logging roads in order to facilitate the transportation of timber in flowing water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Histoire des techniques
DEF

Véhicule servant à glacer les chemins en forêt.

OBS

[Le "toucheron" ou "teamster", c'est-à-dire le charretier] [...] devait en outre participer à l'entretien des chemins en passant la "charrue" ou encore tirer les réservoirs d'eau [à l'aide de chevaux] pour glacer les ornières au temps du transbordement du bois jusqu'à la rivière.

OBS

Source de la première observation : "Le bois et les camps de bûcherons" de Georges-Pierre Léonidoff, cahier no 24 de la série Présence du passée, diffusée en 1979 à Radio-Canada FM.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums
  • Horse Husbandry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

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