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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A thin strip] of cartilage from the mouths of baleen whales that [was] used for stiffening stays, bodice, calash bonnets and petticoat hoops.  2, record 1, English, - whalebone

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... whalebone was an important fashion tool—however, it wasn’t made out of bone, but whale baleen. Dried baleen was flexible yet strong, and used to create structure in clothing, such as tight corsets, used by high-fashion women to present a curvy waistline...  3, record 1, English, - whalebone

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Lame de corne flexible que l'on fabriquait à partir de fanons de baleine et qui entrait notamment dans la confection des corsets.  2, record 1, French, - baleine

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A whalebone whale("Balaenoptera musculus") with a gray or blue-gray back and yellowish or grayish belly : the largest animal that ever lived, reaching a length of over 100 feet.  3, record 2, English, - blue%20whale

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

A mammal of the family Balaenopteridae.  4, record 2, English, - blue%20whale

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Mammifère de la famille des Balaenopteridae.  4, record 2, French, - rorqual%20bleu

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the suborder Mysticeti, or baleen whales ... consists of whales, mostly larger, in which numerous panels of baleen take the place of true teeth, which are absent after birth. The food consists primarily of small crustaceans or "krill".  1, record 3, English, - baleen%20whale

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Mysticeti: term referring to the suborder of whales called "Mysticeti". Always used in the plural form. Nevertheless, any whale of that suborder may be referred to by using the singular form of Mysticeti synonyms.  3, record 3, English, - baleen%20whale

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les Mysticètes ou Cétacés à fanons. [...] On sait que les caractères principaux de ce sous-ordre [de cétacés] sont l'absence complète de dents qu'on ne trouve qu'à l'état embryonnaire, et la présence de fanons.  1, record 3, French, - C%C3%A9tac%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20fanons

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Chez [les fœtus des mysticètes], des [...] fanons pendent de la mâchoire [et] retiennent [...] de petits crustacés [...]  2, record 3, French, - C%C3%A9tac%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20fanons

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A leg-of-mutton sleeve.  2, record 4, English, - gigot%20sleeve

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 DEF

Leg-of-mutton: having a full upper arm and a fitted lower arm and wrist -- used of the sleeve of a woman’s garment.  2, record 4, English, - gigot%20sleeve

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Popular in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and still used somewhat at present, this sleeve is full at the shoulder, gradually decreases in size to the elbow, and is tight at the wristline. Lining, a pad, or a whalebone support kept the upper sleeve at a distended size.  3, record 4, English, - gigot%20sleeve

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

"Tapered sleeve", found on a poorly documented record, is not shown as a synonym because it could not be confirmed in a reliable source.  4, record 4, English, - gigot%20sleeve

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Manche de corsage, très ample et gonflée, dans la partie supérieure, par des plis ou des fronces.  3, record 4, French, - manche%20%C3%A0%20gigot

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Des manches à gigots.  4, record 4, French, - manche%20%C3%A0%20gigot

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An under-petticoat variously distended with cane, wire or whalebone hoops.  2, record 5, English, - hoop%20petticoat

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The hoop petticoat ... was bell-shaped and consisted of three or more hoops of wood, metal or cane, suspended on tapes from the waist.  3, record 5, English, - hoop%20petticoat

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Espèce de jupon fait de toile, cousue sur des cerceaux de baleine, placés au-dessus les uns des autres, de manière que celui d'en bas est le plus étendu et que les autres vont en diminuant à mesure qu'ils s'approchent du milieu du corps.  2, record 5, French, - panier

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

XVIIIe siècle.  3, record 5, French, - panier

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

About 1545 appeared the farthingale... a petticoat reinforced by a series of graduated hoops of cane, whalebone, or wire. Its shape was that of a cone. The material... was woollen, silk, satin, or velvet, usually of a brilliant colour. Fifty yards of whalebone might be used, in addition to buckram.(The History of Underclothes, 1951, p. 50).  1, record 6, English, - farthingale

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT

farthingale worn, with rigid lowcut bodice, small ruffles, starched, fanlike collars with fancy edges. (This is Fashion, 1943, p. 130).  1, record 6, English, - farthingale

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Mode espagnole de la fin du XVe s. introduite en France au XVIe s. Jupon de grosse toile tendue sur de gros fils de fer qui soutenait les jupes. (vertugadin en entonnoir) Au buste triangulaire long, [...] on ajoute en un temps le vertugadin, ustensile d'osier puis de cercles de fer, qui remplaça sous Henri III, un bourrelet matelassé, et qui devint aussi envahissant qu'une roue de carrosse. (Le costume, pourquoi et comment, 1967, p. 35).  1, record 6, French, - vertugadin

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Any of various carved or engraved useful or decorative articles(as canes, cribbage boards, corset stays, snuff boxes, or small pieces of statuary) sometimes coloured by brushing ink into the engraved lines and made especially by American whalemen esp. from whalebone or whale ivory.  1, record 7, English, - scrimshaw

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Renseignement confirmé par Mme Choquette-Devaux, Section des Musées.  1, record 7, French, - ivoire%20sculpt%C3%A9%20et%20grav%C3%A9

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

E. he may--(...) The wine is handed to him by an expert. It is taken from the cask in a venencia, a narrow silver container attached to the end of a(...) whalebone handle.  1, record 8, English, - sample%20the%20wine

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

E.taste-vin: petit verre (...) qui sert à -- ou le moût, afin d'en vérifier la densité, la limpidité et la saveur.  1, record 8, French, - %C3%A9chantillonner%20le%20vin

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish