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Secondary term

riddle, grain

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/3453 (opens semantic view)

Definition

A large shallow container, generally round or rectangular, with a mesh or perforated wooden bottom. Used to separate chaff from grains after the threshing.

Definition source(s)

• Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2009–2018. “Parks Canada Descriptive and Visual Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif et visuel de Parcs Canada.” 2009–2018.

English

Term (International)

grain riddle

Inverted term (International)

riddle, grain

Alternative term(s)

grain screen; grain sieve; seed cleaner; winnowing riddle; winnowing sieve

French

Term (International)

crible à grains

Term gender (International)

masculine

Alternative term(s)

calibreur; cribble; cribble à grains; crible; crible pour le grain; tamis; tamis à vanner; tamis de récolte; tamis en bois

Date created

2010-01-01

Date updated

2023-08-15

Parks Canada code(s)

• 04-00029

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Atkins, B. T. S. 2000. “crible / riddle.” In Le Robert & Collins senior : dictionnaire français-anglais, anglais-français, 5th ed., 218. Paris, Scarborough [Ont.]: Dictionnnaires Le Robert ; HarperCollins Publishers. https://bac-lac.on.worldcat.org/oclc/46628329.
• Bretscher, Peter. 2007. “Outils agricoles V: Culture céréalière II - Aide-mémoire.” Office fédéral de la protection de la population, Protection des biens culturels (PBC). https://www.babs.admin.ch/content/babs-internet/fr/home/meta/merkblaetter-referenz/_jcr_content/contentPar/accordion_copy_1458656840/accordionItems/landwirtschaftliche__978514917/accordionPar/downloadlist_1020962539/downloadItems/291_1483630043323.download/landwger5-getreidebau2_merkblattfr.pdf.
• Centre national d’études et d’expérimentation de machinisme agricole. 1970. “crible à grains.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. 1970. https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/19488594/crible-a-grains.
• General Artemas Ward House Museum. n.d. “Grain Riddle.” General Artemas Ward House Museum. Accessed April 27, 2023. https://wardhouse.harvard.edu/media-gallery/detail/171711/148481.
• Halbert, Karine, and Jacques de Mazancourt. n.d. “Crible.” Histoires d’outils artisanaux. Accessed August 15, 2023. https://histoiresdoutilsartisanaux.fr/outil.php?outil=Crible.
• Séguin, Robert-Lionel. 1989. “crible.” In L’équipement aratoire et horticole du Québec ancien (XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe siècles) II, 2:756. Culture populaire. Montréal, QC: Guérin.
• The J. Paul Getty Trust. n.d. “Grain Riddles.” Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online. Accessed April 27, 2023. http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300024316.
• Translation Bureau / Bureau de la traduction. n.d. “riddle / crible.” Termium Plus. Accessed April 27, 2023. https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?lang=fra&i=1&srchtxt=riddle&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs.

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