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Knobbing

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003200

The rough dressing of stone in the quarry by knocking off the projections and points from the block. It is a first stage of shaping, done before the stone is worked to a finished face, and it was the quarryman's rough work rather than the finishing work of the stone dresser.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003200
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: Knobbing; Spanish: desbaste; French: ébauchage
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003200",
  "term": "Knobbing",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The rough dressing of stone in the quarry by knocking off the projections and points from the block. It is a first stage of shaping, done before the stone is worked to a finished face, and it was the quarryman's rough work rather than the finishing work of the stone dresser.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Knobbing",
    "es": "desbaste",
    "fr": "ébauchage"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/knobbing/"
}

Record 3,491 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.