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bell [bel]1 noun(a) (in church) cloche f; (handheld) clochette f; (on bicycle) sonnette f; (for cows) cloche f, clarine f; (on boots, toys) grelot m; (sound) coup m (de cloche);∎ there goes the dinner bell c'est la cloche qui annonce le dîner;∎ Religion has the first bell for vespers gone? a-t-on sonné le premier coup des vêpres?;∎ Nautical to sound bells piquer la cloche ou l'heure;∎ Nautical it sounded four/eight bells cela a piqué quatre/huit coups (de cloche);∎ saved by the bell! sauvé par le gong!;∎ Religion bell, book and candle instruments mpl du culte;∎ bells and whistles accessoires mpl(b) (electrical device → on door) sonnette f;∎ there's the bell il y a quelqu'un à la porte, on sonne (à la porte);∎ to ring the bell sonner∎ to give sb a bell passer un coup de fil à qn(b) (bloat, distend) ballonner∎ figurative to bell the cat attacher le grelot►► Nautical bell buoy bouée f à cloche;American bell captain chef m chasseur;Horticulture bell glass cloche f de verre;Botany bell heather bruyère f cendrée;Chemistry bell jar cloche f de verre;Bell Laboratories, Bell Labs = centre américain de recherches scientifiques et techniques de haute renommée;bell push bouton m de sonnette;bell tent tente f conique;bell tower clocher mⓘ The bells, the bells Dans The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, la traduction anglaise de Notre-Dame de Paris de Victor Hugo, Quasimodo s'exclame "the bells, the bells!" lorsqu'il entend sonner les cloches de la cathédrale. Pour plaisanter, il arrive que l'on prononce ces paroles en prenant une grosse voix lorsque l'on entend sonner des cloches, pour évoquer le personnage de Quasimodo.
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buoy rope — noun The rope that secures a buoy to an anchor on the seabed … Wiktionary
buoy-rope — … Useful english dictionary
Single buoy mooring — (SBM) or Single point mooring (SPM) are loading buoys anchored offshore and serve as a mooring point for tankers to (off)load gas or fluid products. They are the link between the geostatic subsea manifold connections and the weathervaning tanker … Wikipedia
Safety buoy — Safety chain Safety chain (a) (Railroads) A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in sluing. (b) An auxiliary watch chain, secured to the clothes, usually out of sight, to prevent stealing of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Breeches buoy — A breeches buoy is a crude rope based rescue device used to extract people from wrecked vessels, or to transfer people from one location to another in situations of danger. The device resembles a round emergency personal flotation device with a… … Wikipedia
guest-rope — /gest rohp /, n. Naut. 1. a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels. 2. a line sent out from a vessel to a fixed object or a buoy or anchor… … Universalium
anchor rope — 1) a rope connected to an anchor or anchor chain 2) a cable laid rope acting as a spring between the anchor wire and anchor buoy in a Danish seine. Also called anchor trot … Dictionary of ichthyology
breeches buoy — Naut. a rescue device consisting of a life buoy from which is suspended a canvas sling, similar in form to a pair of breeches, in which shipwrecked or disabled persons are hauled from a vessel to the shore or to another vessel by means of a rope… … Universalium
breeches buoy — [brich′iz] n. a device for rescuing people at sea, consisting of a piece of strong canvas with leg holes suspended from a life preserver that is run along a rope from ship to shore or to another ship … English World dictionary
breeches buoy — noun a lifebuoy on a rope with a canvas support resembling a pair of breeches, by means of which a person may be transferred from a ship … English new terms dictionary
breeches buoy — /ˈbrɪtʃəz bɔɪ/ (say brichuhz boy) noun a life saving apparatus, like a short pair of breeches, moving on a rope stretched from a wreck to the shore or another ship …