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Record 1 1998-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A cutting tool with a long, broad blade, beaked at the point and set in a short handle; used for cutting vegetation, e.g. light brushwood, young coppice, and for brashing.

OBS

A similar tool set in a long handle is generally termed a slasher.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
  • Sylviculture
OBS

Les serpes d'élagage n'ont rien de particulier. On les choisit lourdes pour augmenter la force des coups, très solidement emmanchées, de forme droite en couperet ou de forme limande [...] pour tous les travaux effectués sur l'arbre même. Les modèles à bec recourbé en crochet [...] conviennent, au contraire, mieux pour les travaux au sol, tels que débitage de branches, épointage de tuteurs, etc.

Spanish

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