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SLOPING SHOULDER [5 records]

Record 1 2025-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
CONT

The shoulder of the wave refers to the sloping, unbroken part of the wave that is adjacent to the peak. Surfers often ride the shoulder of the wave as it provides a smooth and long ride.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

Partie de la vague qui n'a pas encore déferlé.

OBS

épaule de la vague; épaule : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 15 décembre 2022.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-02

English

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

A long, sloping, muscular shoulder provides the flexibility of movement that enables a horse to adapt its gait instantaneously to variations in the terrain.

French

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

L'épaule oblique et le garrot bien marqué sont les indices de l'étendue et de la fluidité de ses allures.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-12-21

English

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

Owing to its Thoroughbred ancestry, the Trakehner is of rectangular build, with a long sloping shoulder, good hindquarters, short cannons, and a medium-long, crested and well-set neck. The head is often finely chiseled, narrow at the muzzle, with a broad forehead. It is known for its "floating trot"-full of impulsion and suspension. The Trakehner possesses a strong, medium-length back and powerful hindquarters. Trakehners are athletic and trainable, with good endurance, while some are more spirited than horses of other warmblood breeds.

French

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

[Race de chevaux] originaire du haras de Trakehnen en Prusse-Orientale.

CONT

Le trakehner : [...] Sa taille varie entre 1,60 m et 1,72 m. Il a une tête bien faite et expressive. Ses oreilles sont longues et son front est large. Son encolure est bien dessinée. Sa poitrine est profonde et ses épaules sont longues et obliques. Sa ligne dorso-lombaire est droite et sa croupe légèrement oblique. Ses membres sont musclés, ses articulations larges et sèches et ses canons courts. Le sabot est dur. C'est un cheval doté d'un bon caractère aussi bien que d'un tempérament calme et équilibré.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-09-26

English

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

The term ewe-necked refers to a neck that appears to be put on upside down and a horse with a swan-neck has a very long neck, usually with excessive bend similar to a swan, from which the term is taken.

CONT

He is elegant with upright carriage, a high-set, "swan" neck(accentuated by a long flowing mane on Five-Gaited horses), good bone, stong, clean legs set squarely beneath him, a deep, sloping shoulder, sturdy, fairly level back and croup crowned by a high-set, long flowing tail.

OBS

This type of shape is sometimes described as tending to become ewe-necked at its lower end, sometimes as looking thin and underdeveloped below the throat, and sometimes as having a downward arch on both the lower and upper sides.

OBS

A "Cock-throttled" or "swan-necked" horse is one which has a neck like a fowl.

Key term(s)
  • swanneck
  • swan-neck
  • peacock-neck

French

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

Encolure concave à la base et rouée (convexe) dans sa partie supérieure.

CONT

encolure de cygne : bord supérieur convexe dans la moitié antérieure.

CONT

L'encolure en «col de cygne», avec une crinière très peu fournie, soutient une tête petite, noble, musclée et légère, sans toupet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Anatomía animal
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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Grain Growing
OBS

(Classification of Wheat Varieties Grown in the United States in 1949. Technical Bulletin No. 1083, March 1954, United States Department of Agriculture, p.25)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

l'épaulement de la glume est généralement fuyant. (Miège, Em., Annales de la Direction générale de l'Agriculture, du commerce et de la colonisation, Tome I, 1930, L'Imprimerie française, Casablanca, p.40

Spanish

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