lichette
English translation: loop
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| French to English translations [PRO] Science - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / protective clothing | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 07:52 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | loop |
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| 2 | hitch |
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| lichette (BE), something by which a piece of fabric can be held in place |
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peer agreement (net): +1loop Explanation: According to R+C, this is a Belgian term. |
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hitch Explanation: En Belgique, attache servant à suspendre un vêtement, une serviette. http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/lichette/47046... Example sentence(s):
https://www.google.tl/patents/US9149082 |
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| Reference: lichette (BE), something by which a piece of fabric can be held in place Reference information: http://belgicisme.blogg.org/lichette-ou-rarement-liche-a1160... Lichette (ou rarement liche) Par belgesunis dans Glossaire le 15 Juin 2014 à 14:50 n.f. étymologie du Robert : p.-ê. de liset « ruban » Attache, chaînette (de vêtement, de rideau, de tissu, etc.). Ecoutez : " L'attache ". Belgicismes (disque 2), Albert Doppagne et Hélène Bourgeois-Gielen Exemples Dictionnaire source : Chasse aux belgicismes, J.Hanse, A.Doppagne & H.Bourgeois-Gielen, Office du bon langage, Fondation Charles Plisnier, Bruxelles, 1971 - article Liche et lichette. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2017-04-19 07:54:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I only knew "lichette" in its French meaning of " a very small/thin amount of" (thin slice of cake, for example!). Maybe here, in the BE meaning, "lichette" is a generic lead-in to the list that follows : "... may for example be some type of attachment/fastening (an elastic, a tab, a cord), or perhaps even formed by a piece of fabric..." |
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