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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • Masonry Practice
OBS

Window.

OBS

stone sill: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Maçonnerie
OBS

Fenêtre.

OBS

appui en pierre : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A rock with sufficient momentum to come to the face of another rock in the house, without moving it.

CONT

If not the most difficult, the freeze is certainly one of the toughest shots in curling, ...

OBS

Authors use the term "freeze" to mean the rock thrown to come to rest facing another rock in the house, the delivery to make a freeze, or the weight required to do so.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pesanteur de lancer de placement précise où la pierre lancée s'immobilise devant une pierre stationnaire en la touchant sans la déplacer.

CONT

En général, les termes offensif et combatif indiquent un jeu où il y a plus de pierres en jeu et qui comprend des gardes, des montées, des coups de contournement et des gels.

OBS

Les auteurs utilisent le terme «gel» pour parler de la pierre lancée pour venir mourir devant une autre immobilisée dans la maison, du lancer pour obtenir un gel, et de la pesanteur nécessaire pour réussir un tel lancer.

Spanish

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