Vogeltrittholz

English translation: poplar wood

01:42 Apr 26, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber
German term or phrase: Vogeltrittholz
From what I can find online, it seems to refer to weak wood that can't hold much more than the weight of a bird - but is there an idiom for this in English?
Kurt Beals
United States
Local time: 06:27
English translation:poplar wood
Explanation:
varnish Lackierung, special arch, well-proved in tone quality spezielle, tonlich erprobte Wölbung selected poplar wood ausgesuchtes Pappelholz maple Ahorn ...
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Note added at 37 mins (2007-04-26 02:20:20 GMT)
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Im Schifffsbau nennt man das Pappelholz übrigens "Vogeltrittholz", das Holz hält gerade mal einen Vogel aus, sobald sich da ...
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Note added at 38 mins (2007-04-26 02:21:24 GMT)
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Dai aus Papelholz, gebeizt und lackiert. Collected 1996 in the river Steyr, near Grünburg, Austria ... Dai made of poplar-wood, stained and varnished. ...
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David Hollywood
Local time: 10:27
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4 +1poplar wood
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poplar wood


Explanation:
varnish Lackierung, special arch, well-proved in tone quality spezielle, tonlich erprobte Wölbung selected poplar wood ausgesuchtes Pappelholz maple Ahorn ...
www.helmutillner.com/mod03-1.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 37 mins (2007-04-26 02:20:20 GMT)
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Im Schifffsbau nennt man das Pappelholz übrigens "Vogeltrittholz", das Holz hält gerade mal einen Vogel aus, sobald sich da ...
surfforum.oase.com/archive/index.php/t-19538.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 38 mins (2007-04-26 02:21:24 GMT)
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Dai aus Papelholz, gebeizt und lackiert. Collected 1996 in the river Steyr, near Grünburg, Austria ... Dai made of poplar-wood, stained and varnished. ...
teacher.schule.at/arts/objekt4.htm - 4k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages




David Hollywood
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