cheville

16:44 Jan 21, 2008
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French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting / jewellery-making
French term or phrase: cheville
Hi

This particular "cheville" is defined as "servant d'appui au joaillier." It could be as simple as an arm-rest or wrist-rest or it could have a technical name which I haven't succeeded in finding!

Thank you for your help.
Sandra Petch
Local time: 02:42


Summary of answers provided
3keeper pin / steady pin
Etienne Muylle Wallace
3dowel
liz askew
3anvil
B D Finch


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keeper pin / steady pin


Explanation:
a suggestion after consulting various technical dictionaries.

Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
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dowel


Explanation:
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:PZab79kigAMJ:www.wikipa...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-01-21 19:56:52 GMT)
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CIPO - Patent - 2243152
(54) DIAPHYSIAL CORTICAL DOWEL (54) CHEVILLE CORTICALE DIAPHYSAIRE. Representative Drawing: Representative Drawing. View or Download Images ...
patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=2243152 - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
French Dictionary of Information Technology: French/English, ... - Google Books Result
by Terry R. Pyper - 1989 - Reference
... des spires overlapping of turns chevelure f subscriber drop (wire); tail (of comet) cheveux de lumière optical fibre video cheville /"plug; dowel pin; ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0415002443...
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SSS Shoe rack instructions
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cable fijador para estante (3). dowel hole plug (2). bouchon de trou à cheville (2). tapón de agujero de pasador (2). G. dowel (2). cheville (2) ...
www.closetmaid.com/pdfs/SSS.pdf - Similar pages

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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anvil


Explanation:
This image http://www.amagalerie.com/a.pecheur/images/fusion03.jpg
came with a caption about "Après 6 ans de travail à la cheville ...", and one wouldn't say working at a dowel or pin.

Jewellers do use anvils, though it would be more usual to say "after n years working at his bench"

Here is a picture of a jeweller's anvil and it is certainly not at all the shape of a blacksmith's anvil and one could imagine it being described as a "cheville":
http://www.hswalsh.com/itemdetail.aspx?i=TA15&t=51



B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks. Anvil is certainly a good shot but a jeweller's anvil is a "tas" or "bigorne". Going by the description we're talking here about some kind of an arm-rest. Thanks again :-)

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