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LEG DROP [7 records]

Record 1 2023-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furniture Industries
  • Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

A table with one or two drop leaves that are supported when in use by a hinged leg swung out from the frame.

Key term(s)
  • gate-leg table
  • gate leg table
  • gate legged table

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du meuble
  • Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

On each grip change, the novice should do all the work to achieve the required heading change, and should fly the transitions without tension, and without pulling the tutor off-heading.

CONT

Jump no. 6... : to introduce ’grip-switch’ transitions and leg turns.... your instructor has taken a grip of your leg,(he) will then drop grips, you turn around and dock into a compressed accordion... and repeat the whole sequence the other way round.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

Séquences fixes. [...] Vol libre permis à la prochaine manœuvre. [...] Changement obligatoire de prises. Les figures symétriques sont autorisées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
DEF

The act of gaining control of a moving ball by slowing or deflecting it with some part of the body, other than the hands, used as a contact surface.

CONT

A trap made with the leg, waist, or chest normally involves allowing the body to give as the ball hits it to absorb the rebound force so that the ball will drop straight down where it can be immediately played with the feet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soccer (Europe : football)
DEF

Action de maîtriser la balle par un retrait de la surface de contact (pied, jambe, cuisse, poitrine ou tête); ce recul léger au moment de la réception amène la balle à retomber inerte au sol d'où le joueur peut alors la contrôler du pied.

OBS

contrôle : Le mot s'entend des gestes du joueur qui se rend maître de la balle afin de l'utiliser. Le contrôle de réception (joueur à l'arrêt) se distingue du contrôle de prise de balle (joueur en mouvement). Les gestes fondamentaux sont : les blocages ou semi-blocages, et les amortis; avec opposition, le tacle et la charge.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fútbol
OBS

Del balón.

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Record 4 2005-09-13

English

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

Canter on the outside lead, performed [unintentionally].

CONT

In the false canter (Counter Canter) or the canter on the wrong lead, the horse leads with the outside foreleg instead of the inside foreleg as he should.

CONT

The counter canter refers to the horse’s ability to take the unnatural lead. In a circle to the right the horse would counter canter in his left lead, in a circle to the left he’d be on the right lead. When used properly, the counter canter can be a tool to encourage the horse to travel with an improved capacity for straightness, balance and rated cadence or speed ... The counter canter or a disunited lead can crop up when a horse is positioned incorrectly for a canter depart or lead change. Make sure you’ve asked for the counter canter when it shows up.

CONT

Melissa Cannon has a lovely horse in Northern Express but today is not their day, the horse losing balance few times during the extended trot work and switching legs during the counter canter before asked.

CONT

Coming out of an extended walk that needed more on it, the horse strikes off into canter on the wrong lead but once Blair swaps his legs over the magic begins ...

OBS

In an intentional counter canter, the horse's body is upright as the lead leg follows the bridge of the nose, which is tipped ever-so-slightly to the outside. In an accidental wrong lead, the horse's nose is tipped to the inside of the circle causing the inside shoulder to drop when the lead is picked up. They are very different, even though the footfall is the same.

OBS

The term "counter canter" can refer to both an intentional and an incorrect lead.

Key term(s)
  • counter-canter
  • countercanter

French

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

Galop sur le pied extérieur, se produisant par erreur.

OBS

[Le cheval] galope «faux» quand, pour tourner à droite il galope sur le pied gauche, ou inversement.

OBS

Le terme «galop à faux» s'emploie à la fois pour désigner le galop qui se produit par erreur et le galop effectué à la demande du cavalier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 5 2005-02-02

English

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

Canter on the outside lead, performed purposely.

CONT

The counter canter refers to the horse’s ability to take the unnatural lead. In a circle to the right the horse would counter canter in his left lead, in a circle to the left he’d be on the right lead. When used properly, the counter canter can be a tool to encourage the horse to travel with an improved capacity for straightness, balance and rated cadence or speed. ... The counter canter or a disunited lead can crop up when a horse is positioned incorrectly for a canter depart or lead change. Make sure you’ve asked for the counter canter when it shows up.

CONT

Katja Weimann has her work cut out with the grey mare Monogram Miss, lots of resistance after the first extended canter, but she recovers quickly with some good counter canters.

OBS

In an intentional counter canter, the horse's body is upright as the lead leg follows the bridge of the nose, which is tipped ever-so-slightly to the outside. In an accidental wrong lead, the horse's nose is tipped to the inside of the circle causing the inside shoulder to drop when the lead is picked up. They are very different, even though the footfall is the same.

OBS

The term "counter canter" can refer to both an intentional and an incorrect lead.

Key term(s)
  • canter counterlead
  • counter-gallop
  • counter gallop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Galop sur le pied extérieur, demandé par le cavalier.

CONT

Le galop à faux ou contre-galop confirme le cheval dans son galop, l'assouplit, favorise l'engagement des postérieurs et soumet le cheval.

OBS

Le terme «galop à faux» s'emploie à la fois pour désigner le galop qui se produit par erreur et le galop effectué à la demande du cavalier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 6 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

A large pipe connected to the center of the cylindrical drum on vacuum filters and dropped some distance below into a filtrate tank. This then will create a vacuum for the filter by the falling filtrate, thus aiding sheet formation on the wire cloth-covered vacuum filter drum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
  • Machines à papier
DEF

Tuyau situé sur le flanc du laveur et ayant une action de siphon de façon à créer un vide à l'intérieur du tambour laveur.

Spanish

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Record 7 1983-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Showplaces and Facilities (Performing Arts)
  • Theatre and Opera
  • Scenic Design
OBS

a narrow flat, or strip of canvas or other cloth, hung vertically from a border to the stage floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salles et installations de spectacles
  • Théâtre et Opéra
  • Scénographie
OBS

rideau de peu de largeur placé latéralement et jouant le rôle de châssis de coulisse.

Spanish

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