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ASTRAGAL [10 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

astragal plane: an item in the "Woodworking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

bouvet à astragale : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de travail du bois» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

The small molding or bar that separates the individual panes of a multipaned window sash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Traverse ou montant étroit, à feuillures, qui divise la surface d'un vitrage de croisée ou de porte-fenêtre en bois.

CONT

La fenêtre peut être compartimentée par des traverses étroites appelées «petits bois».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carpintería
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Varilla de hierro [u otro material] que separa los cristales de una ventana.

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Record 3 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry
  • Construction Finishing
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A vertical molding attached to the meeting edge of one leaf of a pair of doors as protection against weather, smoke, light, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie
  • Finitions (Construction)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

Overlapping astragal: couvre-joint (porte à deux battants).

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

Moulding or strip fixed to one of a pair of doors or casement windows to cover the joint between the meeting stiles and to close the clearance gap. It provides a weather seal, minimizes the passage of light and noise, and retards the passage of smoke or flame during a fire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Petite moulure rapportée sur toute la longueur de l'un des battants du milieu d'une porte pour cacher le joint.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

Lock front having a form coinciding in shape with the edges of a door having an astragal molding.

DEF

astragal: Usually a steel plate applied to the meeting edges of pairs of doors for protection against attack on the lock bolt and latch.

OBS

According to the Construction glossary: an encyclopedic reference and manual by J. Stewart Stein, astragal generally refers to the moulding itself, and not to the part of the lock conforming to this moulding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Plaque, généralement en acier, qui recouvre la jonction entre deux ventaux pour protéger le pêne dormant et le pêne demi-tour.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symbols, Motifs and Ornaments (Arts)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

A small bead or convex moulding of semicircular section, used as a necking for classical columns and also elsewhere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symboles, motifs et ornements (Arts)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Moulure torique, soulignée par un filet et un cavet, à la jonction du fût et du chapiteau d'une colonne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Símbolos, motivos y ornamentos (Artes)
  • Estilos arquitectónicos
DEF

Pequeña moldura semicircular convexa que separa el fuste del capitel.

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Record 7 2003-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Animal Biology
  • Paleontology
DEF

... one of the proximal bones of the tarsus of the higher vertebrates supposed to represent the united tibiale and intermedium of many lower vertebrates ...

OBS

Primitively, [the tibiale] links the tibia with the distal tarsals, particularly the navicular. The term "tibiale" is not often used except for Paleozoic tetrapod and in some veterinary literature. Another synonym "talus", is used in medical work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Biologie animale
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Os du pied formant avec le calcanéum la rangée postérieure du tarse.

OBS

Os de mammifère.

Spanish

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Record 8 1995-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
OBS

D'après LGRAN, 1960, volume 1 et LGRAN, 1963, volume 6.

OBS

canons anciens.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
  • Rough Carpentry
DEF

A general term for Moulding Planes which work a moulding or semi-circular profile like a raised bead, but usually larger, with a short horizontal flat on each side of it.

OBS

Astragal mouldings are used, like beads, at the closing joint of doors, etc., to separate different parts of more complex mouldings, and for working the tracery moulding on the bars holding the glass on cabinet doors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
  • Charpenterie
OBS

Voir la moulure "astragale" dans "Charpente et menuiserie", de Ludger Robitaille, à la page 86. Une publication de la Société canadienne de technologie.

Spanish

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Record 10 1985-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

a small, convex molding, sometimes cut like beading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Décor constitué par une série de boules sphériques de petite dimension.

Spanish

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