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NETTOIEMENT [4 records]

Record 1 2016-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
DEF

Making a fire safe after it has been controlled, by extinguishing or removing burning material along or near the control line, felling snags, trenching logs to prevent rolling, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)
DEF

Moyens mis en œuvre pour déblayer une surface incendiée jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y ait plus de matières en combustion.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

The removal of competing vegetation to release desired regeneration for optimal growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
CONT

Le nettoiement, quant à lui, est un terme plus général qui désigne une opération par laquelle on enlève la végétation indésirable en fonction des objectifs d'aménagement, quel que soit le stade de développement du peuplement [...] Il peut donc désigner un débroussaillage, une éclaircie ou une coupe d'amélioration, selon le stade de développement auquel il s'applique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Utilities (Civil Engineering)
OBS

Activities for the Public Ways Maintenance Team during April, May and June were focused on repairing erosion problems and identifying and repairing plow damage, sweeping and cleaning streets and sidewalks from winter sanding. Also, the task of picking all roadsides free of trash began.

Key term(s)
  • public ways cleaning
  • public cleansing
  • public way cleansing
  • public ways cleansing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services d'utilité publique (Génie civil)
DEF

Nettoyage des voies publiques comprenant le balayage des chaussées d'une agglomération, assuré par un service public municipal.

Key term(s)
  • nettoiement des voies
  • nettoyage des voies publiques
  • nettoiement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios públicos (Ingeniería civil)
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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
OBS

-- is the stripping off of the lower leaves of a plant, leaving the stalk bare from six to eight inches above the surface of the hill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
OBS

(...) le nettoiement et l'-- qui consistent à enlever au bas de la tige, les feuilles inférieures trop rapprochées du sol et sans avenir.

Spanish

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