slepers
English translation: pullers
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| 17:07 Jul 4, 2004 |
| Dutch to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Ships, Sailing, Maritime | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Adela Van Gils Netherlands Local time: 21:24 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | only pedestrians and horses (used for pulling boats) with their handlers could pass |
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| 5 | towers |
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| 4 | sleper |
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| 4 -3 | puller |
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14 mins confidence: 
sleper Explanation: I think it concerns tugboats, de "sleper" would be the man who is tugging the boat with a horse |
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2only pedestrians and horses (used for pulling boats) with their handlers could pass Explanation: only pedestrians and the horses (used for pulling boats) with their handlers could pass The dictionary isn't far out. You may have to add a footnote, or lengthen the sentence. Years ago, horses and their handlers used to be used for pulling barges and narrowboats along canals and waterways. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2004-07-04 17:23:48 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Boats2... Originally narrowboats were mainly horse-drawn, working either in pairs or as singles, sometimes with two horses or mules or a pair of donkeys in tandem. ... easyweb.easynet.co.uk/jim.shead/Boats2.html |
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44 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -3
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