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STRETCHED [4 records]

Record 1 2011-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

[Said of a horse with its] front limbs sloping toward the front ... of the horse or hind feet standing too far back, the entire limb deviating behind the plumb line.

CONT

Should stand square on all four feet, not stretched ...

PHR

standing stretched; camped in front; camped behind.

Key term(s)
  • stretched out
  • camped out

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

[Se dit du cheval dont les membres], vus de côtés, [...] sont déportés à l'extérieur, les antérieurs étant trop en avant [...] ou les postérieurs trop en arrière [...], par rapport à leurs articulations supérieures.

PHR

campé du devant; campé du derrière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
PHR

Plantado adelante/de atrás.

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Record 2 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Traffic Control
CONT

Motion detection - Six symbols are employed to indicate the various functions of the rear car of the train as follows: ... last car is buffing or bunched; last car is drafting or stretched.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation des trains
CONT

Détection du roulement - L'indication du roulement du dernier véhicule est fournie à l'aide de six symboles : [...] dernier véhicule appuyant; dernier véhicule tirant.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline
OBS

Artistic gymnastics term.

OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline
OBS

Terme de gymnastique artistique.

OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs

Spanish

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