Kappholz

English translation: off-cuts

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German term or phrase:Kappholz
English translation:off-cuts
Entered by: Tanja Spath-Nagazi

09:38 Oct 25, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber
German term or phrase: Kappholz
Über die Hackerlinie wird Rundholz, Schwarten und Spreißel, Kappholz und Spanplatten zu Hackschnitzel zerkleinert.
Tanja Spath-Nagazi
Germany
Local time: 14:19
off cuts
Explanation:
Off cuts are uneven planks that are usually reprocessed as wood chips. Or end cuts, but this is just a guess.
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Stephen Roche
Local time: 14:19
Grading comment
Many thanks - also for the explanation!
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off cuts


Explanation:
Off cuts are uneven planks that are usually reprocessed as wood chips. Or end cuts, but this is just a guess.

Stephen Roche
Local time: 14:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks - also for the explanation!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Samira Goth: würde es aber off-cuts oder offcuts schreiben
44 mins

agree  Moshe Devere: Offcuts from the ends of logs. See: http://www.baumarkt.de/lexikon/Kappholz.htm
7 hrs
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