Glossary B

Broiler is characterized as mature, young chicken of either sex produced for meat. The terms broilers, fryers and young chickens are interchangeable.

Bristle brush refers to a paint brush with filaments made up of animal hair strands usually hog hair. Bristle brushes are used for alkyd paint.

Bridge conveyor is described as a short conveyor hung from the boom of a mining or loading machine, with the other end attached to a receiving bin that dollies along a frame supported by the room or entry conveyor tailpiece.

Bridge carrier is described as a rubber-tyre-mounted mobile conveyor, about 9.1 m long, used as an intermediate unit to create a system of articulated conveyors between a mining machine and a room or entry conveyor.

Brick hammer is described as a hammer with a head of approximately 24oz used by the bricklayer. It has a square striking face used for tapping bricks into place and a sharp chisel end for cutting bricks to shape.

Breeding livestock is characterized as livestock owned for the primary purpose of producing offspring.

Breed refers to animals such as a cattle or a horse of common origin and having characteristics that distinguish them from other groups within the same species.

Breading machine is decribed as a horizontal rotating cylinder set on a base with a drive motor and filled with breading mix. Food is placed in one end, carried through the cylinder by an internally mounted auger, and discharged at the other end. Food is tumbled in breading mix.