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ARPENTER [2 records]

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Record 1 2020-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Techniques
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Cartography
DEF

Measure an area of land, and to record the details of it, especially on a map.

OBS

survey; svy: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

PHR

to survey land

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'arpentage
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Cartographie
OBS

arpenter; arp : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

PHR

arpenter un terrain

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

I.to stride: to move or walk over, along, or about with or as if with long measured steps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

D.marcher de long en large.

Spanish

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