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LEG PROTECTOR [2 records]

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Record 1 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
DEF

A small, moulded and lightly padded protector for the leg, from the knee to the ankle.

CONT

Lightweight shinguards are worn under the stockings by soccer players to protect them from kicks. A baseball catcher wears fiber or plastic shinguards, knee pads and ankle guards over his uniform to protect his shins, knees, and insteps from foul balls when catching.

CONT

Their hands fly nimbly around their bodies, strapping on kneepads and shin guards, zipping into jumpsuits, and buckling into heavy nylon harnesses.

OBS

The shin guard must be distinguished from the leg guard, a much larger and heavily padded protector covering the knee, the leg and the top of the foot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
DEF

Appareil de protection du devant de la jambe constitué d'un moulage de matière coussinée de feutre ou de mousse synthétique et couvrant le tibia, depuis la cheville jusqu'en dessous du genou.

CONT

Les mains fixent prestement protège-tibias et genouillères, puis les corps se glissent dans des combinaisons surmontées de lourds harnais en Nylon.

OBS

Le protège-tibia est surtout porté, sous le bas, par les joueurs de soccer et de hockey, et, par-dessus, par le receveur de baseball. C'est une pièce d'équipement moulée et légèrement coussinée que l'on doit distinguer de la jambière, plus large et fortement coussinée et qui recouvre à la fois le genou, la jambe et le dessus du pied.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
CONT

Canilleras/espinilleras: deberán estar cubiertas completamente por las medias; deberán ser de caucho, plástico o de un material similar apropiado; deberán ofrecer una protección adecuada.

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Record 2 2011-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Sports (General)
DEF

A piece of protective equipment intended to protect the legs from injury.

OBS

A leg guard is large and heavily padded; it covers the knee, the leg and the top of the foot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Sports (Généralités)
DEF

Appareil de protection de la jambe constitué d'un moulage de matière plastique coussiné de feutre ou de mousse synthétique.

OBS

Une jambière est habituellement large et fortement coussinée; elle recouvre et protège à la fois le genou, la jambe et le dessus du pied.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y accesorios deportivos
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
CONT

[…] en el fútbol la utilización de protectores para las piernas, vendajes en los tobillos u otra articulación ayudan a proteger al organismo de las agresiones a que está sometido el cuerpo durante la práctica deportiva.

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