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CAGE FRAPPEURS [3 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

batting cage: an item in the "Structures" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

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

cage des frappeurs : objet de la classe «Constructions» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

iron mike: A pitching machine with adjustable speed used frequently during batting practice, helping to preserve the strength of the pitching staff; experimented with since 1896, it has been perfected to such a point that it can deliver just about every kind of pitch except a spitball.

OBS

"Iron Mike" is the name given to the machine replacing the pitchers for batting practices in baseball. It comes from "iron man/ironman", designating a durable player. To designate the machine, "pitching machine" is a generic stating what it is, "batting machine", a questionable generic stating its utility, and "Iron Mike", a specific or name given, popular enough to write it as a generic: "iron mike").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Appareil capable de reproduire tous les types de lancers au baseball et utilisé aux fins de l’entraînement des frappeurs; la vitesse des lancers s’ajuste également.

CONT

À l'entraînement printanier [...] Les frappeurs, quant à eux, doivent faire attention à leurs mains afin d’éviter les ampoules que pourraient causer les nombreuses heures passées dans la cage, face à un vrai lanceur ou au lanceur mécanique.

OBS

Le terme «lance-balles» a été suggéré par le Centre national du sport et de la récréation en 1984, et «lanceur automatique», par le Service de linguistique de Radio-Canada en 1985.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A large movable steel wire cage (on wheels) which is open at one side and under which a batter stands during practice, but not during the game; it serves both as a backstop and to keep foul balls from going into the stands, where they would, undoubtedly, remain.

OBS

Primarily, the batting cage is used to prevent the loss of too many baseballs during practice.

OBS

The "batting cage" is also called the "batter's cage" or simply, the "cage".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Grillage mobile en forme de demi-lune que l’on place à des endroits différents sur le terrain de baseball pendant les exercices au bâton.

OBS

Équivalent et définition obtenus du Service de linguistique de Radio-Canada. Synonyme (cage d’exercice au bâton) obtenu du Centre national du sport et de la récréation.

Spanish

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