étui-fourreau
English translation: slide-type box
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|  Selected response from: Graham macLachlan Local time: 00:22 | ||||||
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| 4 | picture of it |
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| 4 | slide-type box |
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| 3 | sleeve casing |
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| 3 | sheath |
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| 3 | padded boxes |
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9 mins confidence: 
sleeve casing Explanation: One among many solutions probably but which should help you on form. |
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13 mins confidence:
sheath Explanation: used for knives, scissors, umbrellas and similarly-shaped objects |
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42 mins confidence:
picture of it Explanation: Can't remember now which is "étui" and which is "croix", but the pictures explain the names. http://www.raja.fr/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?... http://www.raja.fr/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?... Someone here said a while back that Raja products go under a different name. All I need to do now is remember it and find the English equivalents. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 55 mins (2007-02-13 17:55:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Foam slider box http://www.aid-pack.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductD... |
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59 mins confidence:
padded boxes Explanation: nearest I've got. Sorry I've got to get home, just as I was beginning to get somewhere. Or "foam padded packaging". The étui-croix kind of looks like "book boxes". (Using Google image search) here's a list of raja goings on in English: http://www.kompass.com/en/FR1937445 maybe it's in there somewhere It's true though: see more and more of that packaging spilling out of wheelie bins. |
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3 hrs confidence:
slide-type box Explanation: Slide-type boxes consist of several pieces of liners and sleeves sliding in different directions into each other. This group also includes outside sleeves for other cases. http://www.thepackagingstore.co.uk/products.asp?category=box... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 hrs (2007-02-14 07:10:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Slide-Type Box:. is made from one or more pieces of board. two or more rectangular, scored pieces of. providing an unbroken bottom surface; ... www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/1614_WP6A.pdf |
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