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Record 1 2022-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

A type of hook-and-line gear where hooks are connected to branch lines which are then attached to a long horizontal mainline at certain intervals.

OBS

Longlines are laid on the bottom or suspended horizontally at a predetermined depth with the help of surface floats. The main lines can be as long as 150 km and have several thousand hooks (e.g. in tuna fisheries).

PHR

tuna longline

Key term(s)
  • long line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Ligne de grande longueur (plusieurs centaines ou milliers de mètres) qui comprend une ligne principale sur laquelle sont fixés de nombreux hameçons par l'intermédiaire d'avançons de longueur et d'écartement variables selon l'espèce recherchée et le type de palangre.

PHR

palangre thonière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Colaboración con la FAO
  • Pesca comercial
DEF

Arte de pesca consistente en un cordel muy largo provisto a espacios regulares de ramales cortos que llevan otros tantos anzuelos; puede tener centenares de anzuelos y sirve para capturar peces de fondo.

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Record 2 2017-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

A decorative piece of silk or cotton at the top and the bottom of the backbone of a bound book.

CONT

Endbands are bands placed at the head and tail of the spine of a book in order to consolidate its ends, strengthen the attachment of the boards, and impede the entry of worms. They consist of cores generally of alum-tawed leather, hemp, parchment, or linen cord (with cane and rolled paper also used at later dates) and are usually covered by silk or thread embroidery, with highly varied patterns and techniques.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Galon aux couleurs vives, en coton ou en soie, que l'on place en tête ou en queue d'un livre relié du côté du dos.

OBS

Dans les reliures courantes, la tranchefile est une simple ficelle entourée d'un ruban de soie multicolore.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elaboración, plegadura y encuadernación (Imprenta)
DEF

Cordel de uno o, las más de las veces, varios colores con que se cosen las cabeceras de los libros.

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Record 3 2009-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

The usually conoidal and metal bob of a plumb line.

CONT

A calibrated, flexible-steel tape with a plumb bob on the end of it is used to measure the amount of oil in the tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Pesée attachée au fil à plomb.

CONT

Voir avec un plomb si une muraille est droite, si elle est bien verticale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas (Construcción)
  • Instrumentos de medida
DEF

Pesa metálica, comúnmente de plomo, que cuelga del extremo de un cordel y sirve para comprobar la verticalidad de un elemento.

PHR

Plomada de albañil, de carpintero.

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