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JAM-NUT [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2002-09-26
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mountain Sports
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- chock
1, record 1, English, chock
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- nut 2, record 1, English, nut
correct, noun
- artificial chockstone 3, record 1, English, artificial%20chockstone
correct
- jam-nut 3, record 1, English, jam%2Dnut
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A device that climbers anchor in a crack and connect to their ropes ... designed to stop a falling climber. 4, record 1, English, - chock
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In the early days ... leaders used natural chockstones ... Soon it became apparent that an artificial chockstone [was] superior to improvised "stones" ... their shape and variety of sizes allowed them to be placed and removed quickly and easily in all sizes of cracks, and the hole in the center seemed just made for inserting runners ... they do not chip or scar the rock ... 3, record 1, English, - chock
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[A chock is] often called a nut, because the original type of chock was a machine nut picked-up along the railroad tracks on the way to British cliff climbs. Chocks are normally threaded with a steel cable, or with nylon rope or webbing to allow carabiners to be clipped to them. 5, record 1, English, - chock
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Sports de montagne
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- coinceur
1, record 1, French, coinceur
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- nut 2, record 1, French, nut
correct, masculine noun, Europe
- bicoin 3, record 1, French, bicoin
masculine noun
- clog 3, record 1, French, clog
avoid, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Objet métallique de forme asymétrique monté sur câble ou parfois sur cordelette, que l'on peut coincer dans les fissures du rocher. 4, record 1, French, - coinceur
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[... ] les nuts ou coinceurs dérivent d'une curieuse technique adoptée [...] par les rochassiers anglais [...] [qui] emportaient avec eux quelques pierres polies [...] de différentes grandeurs pour les encastrer dans les fissures, entourées d'une cordelette. 2, record 1, French, - coinceur
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[...] l'escalade libre permet la mise en place des coinceurs, particulièrement utiles en granit. [...] Il en existe beaucoup de sortes dont les deux principales sont les pyramidaux et les excentriques. 5, record 1, French, - coinceur
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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