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MUFLE [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

any edible part of a slaughter animal that consists of or forms part of an internal organ (as the liver, kidney, heart, or brain).

OBS

Distinguished from meat.

CONT

"Variety meats": An edible part of a slaughter animal usually including organ meats (as liver, heart) ... and various other structures (as tongues, ears or skin).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
CONT

«Les abats» : les sous-produits comestibles(viscères essentiellement) des animaux tués pour la consommation. [...] «Abats rouges» : cœur, foie, mamelles, poumons(mou), rate, reins(rognons). «Abats blancs» : estomac(gras-double), intestins(tripes), langue, mufle, pied, thymus(ris), testicules(rognons blancs, amourettes).

OBS

Les abats des animaux de boucherie forment le «cinquième quartier»; ils ne sont pas considérés comme «viande».

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

A water spout projecting from the gutter of a building, so that it throws the rainwater clear of the wall.

OBS

The end of the gargoyle was often carved to represent grotesque heads or beasts, as in the famous examples at Notre-Dame, Paris.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Petit canal ou gouttière de rejet des eaux de pluie vers l’extérieur, en l’absence de descentes d’eaux pluviales [...]

OBS

[...] la gargouille a souvent fait l’objet d’ornements (chimères).

OBS

On distingue la gargouille non saillante(généralement ornée d’un mascaron ou d’un mufle) de la gargouille saillante(tuyau ou demi-tuyau souvent en forme de figure fantastique, sortant de la bouche d’une gargouille non saillante et rejetant l'eau à distance des murs).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
  • Techos (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Canalón en ménsula con forma quimérica, que sobresale de la parte superior de un edificio y que arroja hacia afuera el agua de lluvia.

OBS

Quizás este elemento arquitectónico reciba su nombre del ruido que hace el agua al salir por la boca de la figura quimérica, que recuerda a las gárgolas.

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Record 3 1985-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Ornement représentant un mufle d’animal.

Spanish

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