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DEFONCEUSE [5 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

ripper: an item in the "Construction Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

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

défonceuse : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de construction» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultivating and Tilling Equipment
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
DEF

An implement with a share and an inclined mouldboard or mouldboards which cuts and lifts soil to form open drains.

OBS

drainage plough: term standardized by the British Standards Institution (BSI).

Key term(s)
  • drainage plow
  • grub breaker
  • breaking plow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motoculteurs et motobineuses
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motocultores y motobinadoras
  • Labores de cultivo (Agricultura)
DEF

[Arado] que abre surcos muy profundos.

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Record 3 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Road Construction
  • Earthmoving
DEF

A claw-shaped, plowlike attachment used on a bulldozer to loosen rock and locate solid formations that may require explosives in clearing a right-of-way for pipeline construction.

CONT

Rippers are ... mounted or towed at the rear of a tractor [each] consists of a frame that ... has long, angled teeth that are ... forced into the ground surface, ripping it loose to a depth of 2 ft or more.

OBS

ripper : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Terrassement
DEF

Équipement monté à l'arrière d'un bouteur, constitué par un cadre lourd, muni d'une à trois dents massives et servant à défoncer et à fracturer en profondeur les sols compacts et les roches semi-dures. [Définition normalisée par l'Office de la langue française du Québec.]

OBS

défonceuse : terme normalisé par l'ISO et par l'OLF; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel

Spanish

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