Kraankinderen

English translation: treadwheel workers

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Dutch term or phrase:Kraankinderen
English translation:treadwheel workers
Entered by: Richard Purdom

16:26 Feb 4, 2015
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Dutch term or phrase: Kraankinderen
OK, I think this is a colloquial term for somebody in a treadwheel (operating a medieval cargo crane), has this 'job' any title?
Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 12:32
treadwheel workers
Explanation:
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel_crane
"Additionally, the crane master who usually gave orders at the treadwheel workers from outside the crane was able to manipulate the movement laterally by a small rope attached to the load."
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Marijke Singer
Spain
Local time: 13:32
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I actually went with 'treadwheel lads' to reflect ' kinderen' in the Dutch
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Summary of answers provided
4crane workers; crane workmen
Michael Beijer
4treadwheel workers
Marijke Singer
Summary of reference entries provided
refs
Michael Beijer

Discussion entries: 8





  

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kraankinderen
crane workers; crane workmen


Explanation:
My best shot. See my Reference comment and Discussion entries.

I think mentioning the treadmill is overkill.

Example sentence(s):
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Michael Beijer
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treadwheel workers


Explanation:
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel_crane
"Additionally, the crane master who usually gave orders at the treadwheel workers from outside the crane was able to manipulate the movement laterally by a small rope attached to the load."

Marijke Singer
Spain
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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I actually went with 'treadwheel lads' to reflect ' kinderen' in the Dutch
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Reference comments


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Reference: refs

Reference information:
Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (14e editie, 2005):
kraankind:
1·arbeider, sjouwer die de stedelijke kraan bediende
1a bier-, wijndrager

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Geïntegreerde Taalbank (GTB):

See: http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=MNW&id=23686...

CRAENKINT

Woordsoort: znw(m.)
Varianten: cranekint
Modern lemma: kraankind
(cranekint), znw. m.

Vooral in het mv. craenkinder, de werklieden of sjouwerlui, die aan de kranen werkten Vgl. kint (3, 1439). Kil. kraenkind, geranius, operarius gerani, calcator tympani versatilis. Vgl. Rek. v. Brugge v. 1302, bl. 331. Zie Invent. v. Brugge 2, 480 en Ann. Em. 5, 163: “Les ouvriers de la grue (kranekinders).”

and:

http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WNT&id=M0352...
http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=WNT&id=M0322...
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Wikipedia:

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraankind

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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
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