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02:41 Apr 5, 2020 |
German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - History | |||||||
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4 +5 | iron post |
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4 | iron prop or stud |
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3 | poles |
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3 | iron bar |
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iron prop or stud Explanation: ...pinned around the edge of a cart to stop the load from spilling over and off to the ground... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2020-04-05 02:52:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You could use pin also, but that may not adequately convey what is implied here... :) |
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poles Explanation: Bolzen is probably the same as Stangen in this context, I would imagine. So yes, they must have used iron poles to keep the load from sliding off. |
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iron bar Explanation: would be my suggestion here -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 43 mins (2020-04-05 03:24:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- given the historical context and more likely than stud or bolt -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-05 03:58:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and preferable to pole which would suggest vertical |
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iron post Explanation: Friday, 21 Apr 1871: A FOUL DEED.—Mr. W. H. Gray, a well-known citizen of St. Louis, died in that city on Monday afternoon, from the effects of being struck with a wagon stake in the hands of a drayman, John Tracy. The later became incensed because Mr. Gray would not have a wagon belonging to him removed to make room for Tracy’s dray. He first struck Mr. Gray with the stock of his whip. A scuffle ensued between the two, and Mr. Gray succeeded in getting the whip. The drayman then followed Mr. Gray with a wagon stake, and when close enough behind him raised the stake and with both hands and struck him on the back of the head, felling him to the ground. Mr. Gray was taken to his home, insensible, and died in three hours. At last accounts, the drayman had not been arrested. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ilgssi/Cairo/obits_1871.html Stake - one of a number of vertical posts that fit into sockets around a flat truck or railway wagon to hold the load in place https://www.dictionary.com/browse/stake |
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