escua

English translation: skid

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Catalan term or phrase:escua
English translation:skid
Entered by: Ross Andrew Parker

23:06 Jul 28, 2009
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Catalan term or phrase: escua
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John Cutler
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Local time: 19:58
skid
Explanation:
ca escua, f
es carenote

Definicions
ca: Cadascuna de les dues peces de fusta que van al costat de la quilla en la part exterior del buc de les embarcacions menors i serveixen perquè la nau es mantingui dreta quan és en terra.

SKID sb. new meaning (naut.)

1831 T. O'Scanlan Diccionario marítimo español s.v. Carenote..los tablones, uno por cada lado de la quilla, que paralelos á ella llevan clavados de canto en el pantoque..embarcaciones menores, para que apoyándose sobre ellos, se mantengan derechas cuando se varan en tierra

trans: longitudinal pieces of wood which small vessels have, nailed on edge to the outside of the hull at the turn of the bilge in order that, resting on them, the vessels be kept upright when beached (AHH)

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Diccionario tecnológico inglés-español y español-inglés de los términos y ...‎
by Néstor Ponce de León - Technology - 1893
Page 177

carenote (mar.) bilge, keel bilge piece, bilge tree, skid, keel piece. ...
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skid


Explanation:
ca escua, f
es carenote

Definicions
ca: Cadascuna de les dues peces de fusta que van al costat de la quilla en la part exterior del buc de les embarcacions menors i serveixen perquè la nau es mantingui dreta quan és en terra.

SKID sb. new meaning (naut.)

1831 T. O'Scanlan Diccionario marítimo español s.v. Carenote..los tablones, uno por cada lado de la quilla, que paralelos á ella llevan clavados de canto en el pantoque..embarcaciones menores, para que apoyándose sobre ellos, se mantengan derechas cuando se varan en tierra

trans: longitudinal pieces of wood which small vessels have, nailed on edge to the outside of the hull at the turn of the bilge in order that, resting on them, the vessels be kept upright when beached (AHH)

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-07-29 05:05:24 GMT)
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Other options to consider:


Diccionario tecnológico inglés-español y español-inglés de los términos y ...‎
by Néstor Ponce de León - Technology - 1893
Page 177

carenote (mar.) bilge, keel bilge piece, bilge tree, skid, keel piece. ...
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Ross Andrew Parker
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This'll work Ross. Thanks!

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agree  Andrés Martínez
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Reference

Reference information:
Una referència amb definició i fotografia, però no sé pas com es diu en anglès. Una paraula gens fàcil.

http://www.termcat.cat/dicci/da_paraulesmar/contingut/alfabe...
escua f

sin. compl. escoa f

sin. compl. escoua f

sin. compl. escova f

Qualsevol de les dues peces de fusta que van al costat de la quilla en la part exterior del buc de les embarcacions menors, perquè la nau es mantingui dreta quan està en terra.


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Aquí a més trobarás les definicions de puntal i embornal, i de molts altres termes de la mar.

Andrés Martínez
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