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PORTE-HAUBANS [1 record]

Record 1 2023-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A horizontal timber or ledge built outboard from the side of a sailing vessel to spread shrouds and backstays outward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Plate-forme horizontale en saillie sur la muraille des grands navires à voiles, à laquelle sont fixés les haubans et qui permet de donner à ceux-ci un écartement suffisant.

OBS

Pluriel : des porte-haubans.

OBS

porte-haubans (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Larousse illustré (2005).

Key term(s)
  • porte-haubans

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
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