ételle
English translation: salt rake
| 12:40 Mar 22, 2007 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Other / salt harvesting | |||||||
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| 3 +1 | salt rake |
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| 2 | smooth wooden rake |
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smooth wooden rake Explanation: Low confidence level as I haven't found a "proper" translation so am describing the tool. Here are some useful refs though. There's a picture of it in the last one http://www.cargill.com/sf_bay/about_history.htm Reference: http://www.histoire-en-ligne.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=415&... Reference: http://www.eco-natural.com/greysalt/salt.html |
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16 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1salt rake Explanation: See picture at: http://cyberechos.creteil.iufm.fr/cyber8/Invitation/index.ht... It's what I would call a "pusher" (like the eating iron tiny tots use). Like a rake, only without tynes, just a flat board at the end. L'ételle est composée d'un long manche (environ 4 mètres), d'une planche de bois et d'une ficelle pour régler la tension de la planche. Cette planche est rabotée sur un côté pour pousser le sel .L' autre côté qui est plat sert à ramener le sel. Il existe un autre outil qui ressemble l'ételle : le rouable. Il sert à pousser la vase au printemps. Son manche est moins long que celui de l'ételle. http://www.educreuse23.ac-limoges.fr/aub/cantonroy/canton13/... [with picture] Professionals called “Sauniers” using giant racks called “etelle” hand-harvest the ... www.atouchofprovence.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store... [I assume they mean "rakes"] Salt harvesting became prevalent from the 10th to the 15th centuries and the tradition has been carried ... of the salt pond. Using a large rake-like tool, ... www.brittanysalt.com/information.htm When you are ready to harvest your salt you need to use a rake. Using the rake, gather the salt gently without disturbing too much mud and put it into a ... 165.248.241.70/NCLB/6th/Loi/Dayna.htm How about "SALT RAKE": Salt was commercially produced by the evaporative brine process at Port Franks, Warwick Village and Sarnia as early as the 1860's. View a salt rake and medals won by the Elarton Salt Works at the Lambton Heritage Museum. http://www.lambtononline.com/trivia They recently assembled a collection of old artefacts - a rice grinding machine, a salt rake, traditional clothing, and other memorabilia. ... www.cityweekend.com.cn/articles/cw-magazine/travel/Travel_T... http://www.a4a.com/droitwichsaltwor.html The male figure stands bare-chested over a 'trough of boiling brine' with a salt rake, poised, ready to rake more salt to place into the wooden salt tub ... whois.sc/a4a.com Salt with salt rake. Ready to be loaded onto a truck for Colchani. ... I grabbed a salt rake and did a bit myself, and could not imagine doing it all day. ... www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/4143/Now-were-talking-Salar-... |
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