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WALE [5 records]

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Record 1 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A piece of timber extending horizontally round the top of the sides of a boat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Virure extérieure du bordé, la plus épaisse de la muraille d'un navire construit en bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 2 2016-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

A column of stitches along the length of a weft-knitted or of a warp-knitted fabric.

DEF

In knit fabrics, a column of loops lying lengthwise in the fabric. The number of wales per inch is a measure of the fineness of the fabric.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
DEF

Succession de mailles consécutives dans le sens de la longueur du tricot (c'est-à-dire généralement sens perpendiculaire aux rangées). [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

DEF

Mailles consécutives dans le sens de la longueur d'un tricot à mailles cueillies ou jetées.

OBS

colonne : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • colonne d'un tricot

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
  • Metal Construction
DEF

A horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members as sheet piling, concrete form boards, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
  • Construction métallique
DEF

Pièce horizontale servant à renforcer un support, une charpente, un coffrage, etc.

CONT

Après assemblage des panneaux [métalliques] en nombre suffisant pour former la surface à coffrer, on raidit l'ensemble par deux jeux de raidisseurs.

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baskets and Basketmaking
DEF

To furnish a basket with wales or walings.

CONT

Now you have to wale. Waling is a weave used for strength and is put on the bottom and the top of a basket. When a basket starts to lose its shape, a band of waling will help to retain ti. It can be done with three, four, five or six weavers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vannerie
CONT

Dans le panier rond ou ovale (en travail piqué), il y a deux façons de fabriquer la torche (...).

CONT

Il faut maintenant torcher. La torche est un mode de tressage où l'on superpose plusieurs cordons et qui renforce la base et le haut du panier. Lorsque ce dernier commence à se déformer, un ou deux tours de torche le consolideront. On peut la réaliser avec trois, quatre, cinq ou six brins (...).

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baskets and Basketmaking
DEF

Wale: a course of weaving in basketmaking consisting of three or four rods worked alternately one after and over the other to form a binding.

CONT

Waling: When a basket starts to lose its shape, a band of waling will help to retain it. It can be done with three, four, five or six weavers - use three weavers here.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vannerie
DEF

Double ou triple tour d'osier que le vannier fait à la base d'un panier, d'une hotte et en différents endroits de ces objets, pour les consolider.

Spanish

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