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HEWING AXE [3 records]

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Record 1 1988-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
DEF

A short, heavy piece of steel, acutely bent, pointed at both ends, used to hold logs firmly in place before hewing with an axe and made in two types : a) from a single piece of forged steel bar b) from a single steel bar rigid at one end and terminated by a balancing spurred arm at the other end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
DEF

Espèce de crampon à deux pointes qui sert à lier ... deux pièces de bois.

OBS

L'usage du "clameau" en exploitation forestière consiste à planter une extrémité dans une pièce de bois (poutre, bille, grume) placée perpendiculairement sous une autre pièce retenue par l'autre extrémité de l'outil de façon à retenir fermement la section devant être équarrie à la hache.

OBS

Au Canada français on a pendant longtemps désigné sous le nom de "crampon" le clameau. Voir à ce sujet "L'encyclopédie des antiquités du Québec" de Michel Lessard et Huguette Marquis, à la section "outils" ainsi que la publication "Collection d'outils anciens à travailler le bois" (collection Arthur Pascal), page 3.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

an axe for hewing wood or felling trees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Hache en forme de coin qui sert à abattre les arbres, et à dégrossir les pièces de charpente.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Hand Tools
  • Rough Carpentry
DEF

An axe with one face bevelled and the other flat, for hewing timber.

CONT

The Side Axe was one of the main tools of the medieval builder and is still in occasional use, e.g. on the water front, or for squaring-up round timbers in the wood for the saw pit or saw mill. One advantage of the Side Axe over the Saw is its ability to follow the angles or taper of the timber, thus avoiding waste and retaining full strength.

OBS

"Squaring axe" should not be confused with a particular type of axe also called "squaring axe" or "blocking axe". See the "Dictionary of Tools" by R.A. Salaman.

OBS

According to "Terminology of Forest Science, Technology Practice and Products (FOFOR), "broad axe" is used in Australia and in New Zealand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Outillage à main
  • Charpenterie
DEF

Hache à taillant unique et large, employée pour l'équarrissage.

OBS

La "doloire" ou "épaule de mouton" est un type particulier de hache à équarrir. Ces termes ne sont donc pas recommandés pour la traduction de "side axe" ou "broad axe".

Spanish

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