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fronde

English translation: slingshot

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French term or phrase:	fronde
English translation:	slingshot
Entered by:	Gwynneth George

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06:57 Mar 1, 2010

French to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / fishing

French term or phrase: fronde

for use by a "PECHEUR au COUP ou à l'anglaise pour l'amorçage d'un poste".
There is no picture and I am at a loss as to what this actually refers to.

Gwynneth George KudoZ activity Questions: 253 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 21
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slingshot

Explanation:
see in French :
"Fronde Maxi Carpe"
http://fr.decathlon.com/Fronde-Ma-i-Carpe_149_3379555.htm
and in English
"MAXI CARP SLINGSHOT"
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/maxi-carp-slingshot-45871241/

also
"uses ... special carp slingshot to launch his bait 30 or so yards offshore".
http://www.allamericanangler.com/wsj.html