Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

cosse coeur

English translation:

a type of lug

Added to glossary by Adam Thomson
Jan 28, 2004 16:09
20 yrs ago
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French term

cosse coeur

French to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Cable braking system in some sort of vehicle - the name of a part on a very unclear (graphically speaking - many times copied) diagram of the system. I cannot even read the numbers of the terms. However somebody may have an insight.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 a type of lug
3 +2 heart-shaped thimble

Proposed translations

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a type of lug

Not sure if I've got the term right, but here's a picture
http://www.aquilair.com/page8.html
Item CCB5
Peer comment(s):

neutral Bourth (X) : We found the same site: that's what's called a cable (or rope) thimble (prevents wear).
4 hrs
agree Jonathan MacKerron : yes, I have "cable lug" in my glossary for "cosse de cable"!
17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to Kpy for your web ref. The picture you discovered was key. I know this as a thimble from my sailing days: I had forgotten until my memory was jogged by this. But thanks to all. Everyone's contribution helped."
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1 min

heart-shaped thimble

in diameter; (b) the rope end shall be bent over a heart-shaped thimble that has ... 1981
and which does not have car safeties, speed governor, braking system and ...
www.tssa.org/safety/pdf/elevating/ed_code_adoption.pdf - Pages similaires

[DOC] M100
Format de fichier: Microsoft Word 2000 - Version HTML
... them from ejecting forward in the event of excessive braking during towing. ... shackle,
with the ?D? shackle pin passing through the heart shaped thimble at one ...
www.smc-comms.com/documents/ANT/versatower_inst.doc - Pages
Peer comment(s):

neutral Tony M : I understand perfectly what this means in English, but I believe there's another quite distinct word than 'cosse' for this in French...
4 hrs
agree Bourth (X) : Precisely - see ref. CCB5 at http://www.aquilair.com/page8.html
5 hrs
agree Rajkumar Sinha
5135 days
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