Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
gabaritage
English translation:
cutting cloth to size
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Miranda Joubioux (X)
May 23, 2011 07:36
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French term
Miranda Joubioux (X)
gabaritage
French to English
Other
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Target = UK
This text is referring to the career of someone who started out in mass retail and ended up in the motorboat industry as product manager. The person is explaining where her love of boats comes from.
Puis mes parents ont acheté une vieille vedette anglaise de 33 pieds, genre aft cabin. J’ai passé des heures à retaper le bateau avec mes parents : du gabaritage tissu pour les coussins à la dépose et remise à neuf des vieux Perkins HT6.
I've put this in 'textiles', but I may change it later to 'sailing' if I find I get no answers here.
I cannot find this word in my Lexis.
This text is referring to the career of someone who started out in mass retail and ended up in the motorboat industry as product manager. The person is explaining where her love of boats comes from.
Puis mes parents ont acheté une vieille vedette anglaise de 33 pieds, genre aft cabin. J’ai passé des heures à retaper le bateau avec mes parents : du gabaritage tissu pour les coussins à la dépose et remise à neuf des vieux Perkins HT6.
I've put this in 'textiles', but I may change it later to 'sailing' if I find I get no answers here.
I cannot find this word in my Lexis.
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gabaritage = gabariage (it would seem)
http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnaire/definition/gabariage/1
In other words, it seems to mean cutting things to size (often from a template or the like).
Here I suspect it means cutting fabric to size for cushions
In other words, it seems to mean cutting things to size (often from a template or the like).
Here I suspect it means cutting fabric to size for cushions
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11 mins
cutting cloth
... pour les coussins pour sièges de bateaux: put simply.
1 hr
cutting patterns / shaping
> gabarit
[fam] carrure: stature.
dimension: taille, modèle, patron.
[fam] carrure: stature.
dimension: taille, modèle, patron.
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Sheila Wilson
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custom-made
Not a literal translation, as others have given, but I think in English we'd talk of 'custom-made' coverings for the cushions. Measuring and making patterns, cutting around the pattern and sewing up are all there in the term 'custom-made'.
3 hrs
cutting out the patterns
That is what my old needlework mistress called it!
"The article doesn't tell me whether I should cut out the pattern along the cutting line PRIOR to pinning onto the ..."
www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4968/pattern-layouts -
"If you cut out some of the pattern pieces in one direction and other pattern pieces in the opposite direction, you'll find elephants dancing right side up ..."
www.dummies.com/how-to/.../reading-a-sewing-pattern.html
"The article doesn't tell me whether I should cut out the pattern along the cutting line PRIOR to pinning onto the ..."
www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4968/pattern-layouts -
"If you cut out some of the pattern pieces in one direction and other pattern pieces in the opposite direction, you'll find elephants dancing right side up ..."
www.dummies.com/how-to/.../reading-a-sewing-pattern.html
6 hrs
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template / making cushion templates
The definition of "gabarit" is in the lines of "mould" or "cutting".
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/french-english/gabarit
With reference to the work of making cushions, words formed from this root should refer to the cutting or usage of the templates.
http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Cushion-Template-Can-Be-a-Beauti...
Template:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/template
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Note added at 6 hrs (2011-05-23 14:18:22 GMT)
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Or perhaps even:
"CUTTING cushion templates"
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/french-english/gabarit
With reference to the work of making cushions, words formed from this root should refer to the cutting or usage of the templates.
http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Cushion-Template-Can-Be-a-Beauti...
Template:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/template
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Note added at 6 hrs (2011-05-23 14:18:22 GMT)
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Or perhaps even:
"CUTTING cushion templates"
Example sentence:
"Creating a Cushion Template.......eate cushions of any shape and size...Any cushion that is not a square or rectangular or meets one of our shapes on-line is a custom cushion and we must have a template or pattern to go by to ensure we make exactly..."
Discussion
en général , c'est gabarit .