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Record 1 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A piece of equipment used to keep a wooden racket frame straight, preventing warping by applying equal pressure to both sides.

OBS

Once essential to prevent warping in wooden rackets, today this instrument, which uses a tightening screw (= papillon de serrage) is obsolete and rarely seen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Cadre de bois qui maintient fermement une raquette de bois pour l'empêcher de se déformer.

OBS

Pièce d'équipement tombée en désuétude avec la disparition des raquettes de bois et l'avènement de la raquette de métal ou d'un matériau composite.

OBS

Pluriel : des presse-raquettes.

OBS

presse-raquettes (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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