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- Tertiary term
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sinker
- URI
- https://nomenclature.info/nom/3902 (opens semantic view)
- Definition
- A device consisting of conical, rectangular, oval or round solid metal body perforated with an eyelet at one end or the other. Tied to a line, used to facilitate casting, sinking the fishing line and stabilizing the hook and sometimes the float.
- Definition source(s)
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- 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
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- Term (International)
- sinker
- Alternative term(s)
- casting weight sinker
- French
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- Term (International)
- plomb de fond
- Term gender (International)
- masculine
- Alternative term(s)
- calant; cale; pesée; pesée de plomb; plomb; poids
- Date created
- 2010-01-01
- Date updated
- 2023-06-22
- Parks Canada code(s)
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- 04-00168
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- URL
- https://page.nomenclature.info/nom/3902 (reopens this page)
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