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drawknife

Catalan translation: coltell

18:33 Dec 16, 2007
English to Catalan translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber
English term or phrase: drawknife
a hand tool with two wooden handles and a metal blade used for splitting or cleaving wood. Using both hands, the user can produce thin strips of wood or remove unwanted layers from a large piece of stock. Used with a shaving horse.
Amadeu Sanz
Catalan translation:coltell
Explanation:
P 120 in the Duden Visual Dictionary. Item 79 identifies this as "el coltell" - I have no reason to doubt it.
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Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 13:50
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Thanks, Berni. "Coltell" was an old tool used by carpenters in a similar way that a drawknife is used, but it had only a handle,, not two. "Coltell" is used, as a literay word, for any kind of knive. There are two similar tools used today: "plana" and "ribot".
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5coltell
Berni Armstrong
4cutxef
gloria montserrat


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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
coltell


Explanation:
P 120 in the Duden Visual Dictionary. Item 79 identifies this as "el coltell" - I have no reason to doubt it.

Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 13:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Berni. "Coltell" was an old tool used by carpenters in a similar way that a drawknife is used, but it had only a handle,, not two. "Coltell" is used, as a literay word, for any kind of knive. There are two similar tools used today: "plana" and "ribot".
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cutxef


Explanation:
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Example sentence(s):
  • Considerem que la denominació catalana adequada, equivalent de la forma anglesa drawknife, és cutxef: "eina amb fulla d'acer i dos mànecs, un a cada costat de la fulla, utilitzada per a rebaixar superfícies, especialment les còncaves".

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gloria montserrat
Spain
Local time: 13:50
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan
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