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BELLOWS TONGUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear (Clothing)
DEF

A tongue cut about double the width of an ordinary tongue, the sides being folded over the center area and stitched to the tabs.

CONT

The WWB [wet weather boot] has a lace-to-toe speed lacing closure system with a full bellows tongue and a lightly padded full leather collar band.

OBS

Boots so made are used for fishing and other sports where water is a hazard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures (Vêtements)
DEF

Genre de languette, de forme à peu près triangulaire, fixée sur ses deux côtés à la fois à la claque et aux quartiers du dessus de la tige, et assurant l'étanchéité de la fermeture.

CONT

La botte pour climat humide [...] est dotée d'un système de laçage rapide jusqu'aux orteils, d'une languette à soufflet pleine longueur et d'un bracelet en cuir matelassé.

OBS

claque : Partie de la tige qui couvre l'avant-pied.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear and Shoe Repair
DEF

A wide folding tongue of a shoe or boot ... attached at the sides to the upper so as to make the shoe watertight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures et cordonnerie
CONT

Produite par la Slater Shoe Company de Montréal, cette botte offre plus d'aisance, grâce à l'ajout d'un grand gousset sur le coup de pied lacé. En outre, un autre gousset placé sous le genou, que l'on peut ajuster autour de la jambe à l'aide d'une courroie, améliore l'adaptation autour de la jambe.

OBS

Forme fautive : soufflet employé au sens d'élastique

Spanish

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