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GORGE [5 records]

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Record 1 2017-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing (General)
  • Clothing (General)
DEF

The seam formed at the point where the lapels meet the collar of a jacket or coat.

CONT

The undercollar shall be seamed to the neck edge and gorge of the jacket.

CONT

Jacket gorge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture (Généralités)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
DEF

C'est la délimitation entre le col et la parementure du veston ou de la veste.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

Baited device which, when swallowed, is pulled across the gullet of a fish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Dispositif botté, qui, une fois avalé, s'accroche en travers de la gorge d'un poisson.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Sculpture
DEF

A deep concave moulding, especially one at the base of a column in classical architecture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Sculpture
DEF

Moulure concave dont le profil dissymétrique associe en général plusieurs rayons de courbure; on la trouve en particulier entre les filets qui bordent les tores de la base des colonnes.

OBS

Le mot [«scotie»] vient du grec «skotos» [qui signifie «obscurité»], car cette moulure apporte une zone d'ombre dans l'ensemble d'un décor.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
  • Escultura
DEF

Moldura cóncava, más saliente por la parte inferior, situada generalmente entre dos torres; por ejemplo, en el basamento.

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Record 4 2002-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Deep, narrow, steep-sided valley, usually containing a watercourse.

CONT

Niagara Gorge, Ontario.

OBS

gorge: widely used, generic but few named examples.

OBS

gorge: term and definition officially approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (TB-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Étroite et profonde dépression de terrain.

CONT

Gorge d'en Bas, Québec.

OBS

gorge : générique attesté au Québec.

OBS

gorge : terme et définition uniformisés par la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) (anciennement appelée le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques -- CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

A charge covering the entire field of an escutcheon and having the form either of a spirallike scroll or of a number of concentric rings, the whole field having two tinctures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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