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Dutch to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - History | |||||||
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4 | crane workers; crane workmen |
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4 | treadwheel workers |
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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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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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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 -------------------------- 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... -------------------------- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraankind -------------------------- |
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