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BRATTICE [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2023-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

Fire-resistant canvas or duck used to erect a brattice.

OBS

[It is] used to direct or control the flow of ventilating air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Pour guider le courant d'air vers les zones où on en a le plus besoin, il est souvent nécessaire de fermer certains passages, ou au moins d'en augmenter la résistance, par des barrages d'aérage, des freins (toiles d'aérage), des portes d'aérage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
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Record 3 2003-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Underground Mining
DEF

In mining, one who builds doors and brattices (ventilation walls or partitions in underground passageways) of canvas or wood by rough carpentry, or erects by rough carpentry or cement work, partitions of stone, brick, or concrete, to control proper circulation of air through passageways and to working places.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Ventilation, Heating and Lighting
DEF

A board or plank lining, or other partition, in any mine passage to confine the air and force it into the working places. Its object is to keep the intake air from finding its way by a short route into the return airway. Temporary brattices are often made of cloth.

OBS

See also "cloth brattice."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ventilation, chauffage et éclairage des mines
DEF

Cloison établie dans une galerie de mine pour diriger le courant d'air.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ventilación, calefacción y alumbrado de minas
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