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Record 1 1995-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Barrel and Cask Making
DEF

material for heads of casks or barrels.

OBS

head : The assemblage of boards or planks which forms the end of a cask.

OBS

The heads are made from flat pieces of wood, dressed to proper thickness, pinned together with wooden dowel pins, and circled and beveled by a machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tonnellerie
DEF

Planches qui forment le fond [...] d'un tonneau [...]

OBS

Le façonnage des fonds, composés chacun de 6 à 10 pièces de bois [...], égalisées, jointées sur la colombe puis réunies par des goujons de bois, nécessite une grande exactitude [...] Cette opération s'appelle le fonçage.

Spanish

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