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SWATHER [5 records]

Record 1 2007-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

A curved finger device attached to the rear of the cutter bar of a mowing machine to windrow the swath.

OBS

for "hay rake": collects cut crops into transverse windrows.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
DEF

Machine agricole qui sert à mettre en andain le foin ou la paille.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas para la cosecha (Agricultura)
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Record 2 2007-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

A harvesting machine that cuts and windrowers grain and seed crops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
OBS

Machine, le plus souvent portée à l'avant ou à l'arrière d'un tracteur, qui coupe et dispose le produit de la coupe en un amas continu appelé andain. Les andains sont ensuite repris avec une moissonneuse-batteuse dont le tablier de coupe est remplacé par un dispositif ramasseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas para la cosecha (Agricultura)
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Record 3 2003-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religion (General)
CONT

After the steeping, the body was washed, and handed over to the swathers, a peculiar class of the lowest order of priests, called by Plutarch cholchytoe, by whom it [the body] was bandaged in gummed cloth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Religion (Généralités)
DEF

Nom donné par les Grecs à la classe spéciale d'embaumeurs de l'Égypte ancienne, qui étaient chargés d'extraire les viscères des cadavres, de faire macérer ceux-ci pendant 70 jours dans un bain de natron.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

Felling machine which mows trees in a swath while moving continuously along the face of a forest stand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Abatteuse qui coupe les arbres en bandes, sans s'arrêter au moment du sciage.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole

Spanish

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