gancho de palo
English translation: hooked stick
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| 19:39 Apr 6, 2011 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Anthropology / Navarre: 18th century // Essay by Julio Caro Baroja | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: liz askew United Kingdom Local time: 09:22 | ||||||
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| 3 | (hooked) wooden staff |
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hooked stick Explanation: well, on further reading of the Asturian site, it seems to be a hook made from a branch of a tree, so.. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2011-04-06 19:57:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- a billhook would be horrendous, also I don't know whether they were even invented in the 18th Century!! |
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1 hr confidence:
(hooked) wooden staff Explanation: I'm not sure that the "hooked" part is necessary for the purposes of the text - this suggestion would be clear to the final reader... |
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19 hrs confidence:
pole hook Explanation: Whether it was connected to a pole I don't know, but this would make sense in any case as until quite recently the wooden shafts of tools were replaced and one often saw the metal sections stored or stashed in various locations. |
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| Reference: for the moment Reference information: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bss9Kw7... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2011-04-06 19:48:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I can only think of billhook at the moment http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gUa2MSr... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2011-04-06 19:50:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or Diccionario nuevo y completo de las lenguas española e inglesa, ... - Google Books Result Tomás Conelly ((O.P.)), Tomás Higgins ((O.P.)), Imprenta Real (Madrid) - 1797 - 617 pages A stick with a hook at the end. Horquilla , especie de palo con un gancho á la punta para derribar nueces. NÚTOIL. s. Oil extracted from nuts. ... books.google.co.uk/books?id=jjJP5aAkfVsC stick hook anyway, hope this helps -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2011-04-06 19:55:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Collecting | Grow a tree with BTCV A stick with a hook can be used to bend branches within reach – but not too ... The first nuts to fall are often empty and mice will clear up any full ones ... treegrowing.btcv.org.uk/grow/collecting - Cached SINGLELEAF PINYON branches into stirring sticks for mixing pine nut soup. Pinyon pitch is melted and applied ... reach ages of more than 600 years, some of the tribal pinyon gathering sites have ... The first method is to use a hooked stick that brings ... plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_pimo.pd |
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