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FENDEUR [3 records]

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Record 1 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A member of a processing team who is responsible for bisecting a diamond along one of the four cleavage planes.

CONT

Cleaver: -responsible for bisecting a diamond along one of the four cleavage planes; -inserts a chisel into a kerf and hits it with a cleaver's hammer to split the diamond into two parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Membre de l'équipe de production chargé de scier le diamant selon l'un des quatre plans de clivage.

CONT

[...] il nous reste à décrire comment l'ouvrier appelé fendeur ou cliveur exécute cette première partie du travail de la taille.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Forestry Operations
Key term(s)
  • woodsplitter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Celui, celle qui fend: fendeur de bois (...) Ouvrier qui travaille à fendre le fer, l'ardoise, etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Slaughterhouses
DEF

A workman who makes the initial abdominal incision to remove the pelt of sheep ... or with the use of solvents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Abattoirs
DEF

Ouvrier qui ouvre les peaux et coupe pattes, oreilles, bouts de nez.

OBS

couperie de poils.

Spanish

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