Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
fuseau de tresse
English translation:
braiding support
Added to glossary by
Sue Crocker
May 26, 2003 13:04
21 yrs ago
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French term
fuseau de tresse
French to English
Tech/Engineering
electricty
Fibre ou élément simple utilisé comme support pour la formation d'un FUSEAU DE TRESSE ;
Proposed translations
(English)
| 1 | "braiding support" |
Tony M
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| 4 | Spindle of twisted wires |
Shog Imas
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| 3 | twisted fuse |
swisstell
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Proposed translations
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"braiding support"
Just a suggestion for a line of thinking, while I do some more research.
It all depends on the context, of course, but I suspect this is talking about some kind of inert, insulating material used as a support for one of 2 purposes that I can imagine:
1) When cables are being manufactured that involve some kind of plaiting or braiding, they often start with a monofilament or 'string' core which feeds through the manufacturing machine and acts as a kind of 'armature' for the rest of the process; this makes sense with 'tressé', but is maybe stretching the meaning of 'fuseau' a bit?
2) When coils, transformers etc. are being wound, this is usually done on some kind of 'former' or 'bobbin' — this idea works well with 'fuseau', but is a little odd with 'tressé', since that would not be the usual word for this kind of winding.
Just a couple of ideas to be working on — certainly, I am a long way from convinced that 'fuseau' can mean 'fuse' as suggested above by my colleague.
If you could give us a little more surrounding context, it would probably be much easier to come up with a more finely-tuned answer...
Good luck, and I'll get back to you if I find anything else out.
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Note added at 2003-05-26 15:19:50 (GMT)
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I\'ve just thought of a 3rd possibility: certain coils are \'wave-wound\', in just the same way as thread or string is sometimes wound onto a core in an up-and-down fashion; now that certainly might be described as \'tressé\', and these generally need to be wound onto some kind of special \'former\'.
I dunno...
It all depends on the context, of course, but I suspect this is talking about some kind of inert, insulating material used as a support for one of 2 purposes that I can imagine:
1) When cables are being manufactured that involve some kind of plaiting or braiding, they often start with a monofilament or 'string' core which feeds through the manufacturing machine and acts as a kind of 'armature' for the rest of the process; this makes sense with 'tressé', but is maybe stretching the meaning of 'fuseau' a bit?
2) When coils, transformers etc. are being wound, this is usually done on some kind of 'former' or 'bobbin' — this idea works well with 'fuseau', but is a little odd with 'tressé', since that would not be the usual word for this kind of winding.
Just a couple of ideas to be working on — certainly, I am a long way from convinced that 'fuseau' can mean 'fuse' as suggested above by my colleague.
If you could give us a little more surrounding context, it would probably be much easier to come up with a more finely-tuned answer...
Good luck, and I'll get back to you if I find anything else out.
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Note added at 2003-05-26 15:19:50 (GMT)
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I\'ve just thought of a 3rd possibility: certain coils are \'wave-wound\', in just the same way as thread or string is sometimes wound onto a core in an up-and-down fashion; now that certainly might be described as \'tressé\', and these generally need to be wound onto some kind of special \'former\'.
I dunno...
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twisted fuse
and those things DO exist. Just look up Google.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Brigith Guimarães
27 mins
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| disagree |
Tony M
: Are you SURE 'fuseau' = fusible ?
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3 hrs
Spindle of twisted wires
Tresser (câbles, corde, cordon): To twist (Collins Dictionary)
Spindle of twisted wires
You can find out more details about my wire experience here, so I'll just summarize here. I purchased RG6 quad-shield coax from and local wire supplier. For a 1000 foot roll, I paid $90 a spool. The Spools weigh about 50-60 pounds, are about 14 inches high and round. You could easily put one on the seat of your car. I also paid $90 a spool for category-5 Belden phone wire. This is 22 ga. 4-pair twisted wires. Smaller rolls, probably 20 pounds each.
Spindle of twisted wires
You can find out more details about my wire experience here, so I'll just summarize here. I purchased RG6 quad-shield coax from and local wire supplier. For a 1000 foot roll, I paid $90 a spool. The Spools weigh about 50-60 pounds, are about 14 inches high and round. You could easily put one on the seat of your car. I also paid $90 a spool for category-5 Belden phone wire. This is 22 ga. 4-pair twisted wires. Smaller rolls, probably 20 pounds each.
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