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Nov 17, 2015 17:34
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French term
Tavillonneur
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Tavillon: Le bardeau, tavaillon ou tavillon est une sorte de planchette / tuile de bois : revêtement / isolant thermique traditionnel permettant de protéger des intempéries les toitures et les façades. Ils sont répandus dans de très nombreuses régions du monde en particulier dans le massif du Jura, les Alpes, les Pyrénées, la Creuse, l'île de la Réunion, la Corse... (http://dictionnaire.education/fr/tavillon)
Tavillon, English: The tavillon: a roofing technique using wooden shingles, a typical sight in Switzerland, which will be used to cover part of the store's interior walls.
Tavillonneur: Ouvrier qui tavillonne, pose les tavillons. (http://littre.reverso.net/dictionnaire-francais/definition/t...
I have not been able to find a translation for this term. Please help, thanks.
Tavillon, English: The tavillon: a roofing technique using wooden shingles, a typical sight in Switzerland, which will be used to cover part of the store's interior walls.
Tavillonneur: Ouvrier qui tavillonne, pose les tavillons. (http://littre.reverso.net/dictionnaire-francais/definition/t...
I have not been able to find a translation for this term. Please help, thanks.
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Nov 22, 2015 16:38: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/576816">Nina Iordache's</a> old entry - "Tavillonneur"" to ""shingler""
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shingler
Readily found, from the basic information you have provided. Though do note that I think this may be more familiar as a US term.
shingler - Wiktionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shingler
shingler (plural shinglers). (US) A person who installs shingles.
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Well, the use of shingles is not common in the UK, so I don't think we'd have any other word for it than the US one — though the meaning might be less immediately evident to a Brit!
shingler - Wiktionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shingler
shingler (plural shinglers). (US) A person who installs shingles.
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Well, the use of shingles is not common in the UK, so I don't think we'd have any other word for it than the US one — though the meaning might be less immediately evident to a Brit!
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kashew
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Charles Davis
: It's not actually an American word; it was used in Britain for centuries, but as a trade it's pretty well died out, whereas in North America there are still plenty of shingle roofs and therefore work for shinglers.
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Shingler
The word is also used in the UK, though many of the references are historical, since shingling as a speciality is largely a thing of the past.
"A roofer's hatchet, or shingler's hatchet, is a tool for installing shingles or roofing materials."
http://uk.qacollections.com/How-to-Use-an-Axe-or-Hatchet-on-...
"OBSCURE OLD ENGLISH CENSUS OCCUPATIONS
CHINGLER or SHINGLER Roofer - who used wooden shingles."
http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupa...
"I am a shingler by trade" (this is from 1872)
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?foo=bar&path=sessi...
Shinglers in modern Britain are probably rarer than thatchers.
"A roofer's hatchet, or shingler's hatchet, is a tool for installing shingles or roofing materials."
http://uk.qacollections.com/How-to-Use-an-Axe-or-Hatchet-on-...
"OBSCURE OLD ENGLISH CENSUS OCCUPATIONS
CHINGLER or SHINGLER Roofer - who used wooden shingles."
http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupa...
"I am a shingler by trade" (this is from 1872)
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?foo=bar&path=sessi...
Shinglers in modern Britain are probably rarer than thatchers.
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| Thank you for all the nice and useful references, especially for the OBSCURE OLD ENGLISH CENSUS OCCUPATIONS! |
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