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12:23 Mar 30, 2021 |
French to English translations [PRO] Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Lucy Teasdale United Kingdom Local time: 19:24 | ||||||
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4 | batting |
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3 +1 | beating |
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4 | threshing |
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3 | Picking |
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beetling |
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batting Explanation: Batting is fantastic for quick layouts. The batting can be spread out to your desired shape and size, and layers can be built up to reach your desired thickness Reference: http://https://www.fionaduthie.com/wool-roving-vs-wool-batti... |
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beating Explanation: https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/academie9/battage 2 [...] Battage de la laine, du coton, pour les débarrasser de leurs impuretés. Medieval methods: https://www.thoughtco.com/manufacturing-cloth-from-wool-1788... "***Beating*** After rinsing, the wools were set out in the sun on wooden slats to dry and were ***beaten***, or *"broken,"* with sticks. Willow branches were often used, and thus the process was called *"willeying"* in England, brisage de laines in France and wullebreken in Flanders. Beating the wool helped remove any remaining foreign matter, and it separated entangled or matted fibers." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 53 mins (2021-03-30 13:16:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sometimes these things do translate more or less directly, always worth a quick internet search for the obvious term. But do try to wait for more input from other site users, if you can, I'm not fully certain about my answer. The terms used may have changed over time. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2021-03-30 13:25:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I agree with your approach -- you'll need a general term, not a technical term. |
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threshing Explanation: I believe we are talking about an agricultural machine, for which the most pertinent translation is threshing. In the past, threshing was called beating because it was done by hand and not with machines. |
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Picking Explanation: Opération qui continue l'ouvraison et le nettoyage des fibres, ensuite forme une nappe continue de fibres, laquelle est délivrée à la carde. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8875669 |
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Reference: beetling Reference information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulling https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foulon_(moulin) https://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/ITsupport/Versio... https://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en/ITsupport/Versio... |
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