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15:13 Jul 6, 2017 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Archaeology / Museum texts | |||||||
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broom hook Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook (first para under “Design”): The (billhook) blade is generally sharpened only on the inside of the curve, but double-edged billhooks, or "broom hooks", also have a straight secondary edge on the back. "The Forgotten Arts & Crafts" (John Seymour / National Trust), on page 61 about hedge-laying, shows a tool corresponding to Asker's description (and to the one in my tool-shed), referring to it as a "bill hook (Kentish)". As the wiki page shows, bill hook designs varied from one part of the UK to another - and as it happens mine came from a country estate on the Kent/Sussex border where my great-uncle was a gardner. That said, an "hache à serpette dorsale", if from France, won't be "Kentish" in anything other than resemblance. Final comment: "broom" hook from the name of a shrub commonly found in ancient hedges. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2017-07-06 18:19:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Referenced page from John Seymour's book viewable here: http://www.mediamatrix.cl/misc/broomhook.jpg |
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