gallows n

gallows After cutting down the trees with the bucksaw and flattening the top and bottom with the axe, you'd roll them up on a high gallows, then you'd mark with a powder line where you were going to make each saw cut. [Cp DNE gallows n; but here the structure is related to the sawing of lo...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/29233 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 gallows n image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29233 eng eng G 1984 POWELL 22 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13168 G_13168_gallows http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29233 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z gallows After cutting down the trees with the bucksaw and flattening the top and bottom with the axe, you'd roll them up on a high gallows, then you'd mark with a powder line where you were going to make each saw cut. [Cp DNE gallows n; but here the structure is related to the sawing of logs in a saw pit --a structure against which logs are laid for marking the cuts. Cp DNE gallows n 2, perhaps] G. M. Story FEB. 15 1989 WK PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used Sup Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
gallows n
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description gallows After cutting down the trees with the bucksaw and flattening the top and bottom with the axe, you'd roll them up on a high gallows, then you'd mark with a powder line where you were going to make each saw cut. [Cp DNE gallows n; but here the structure is related to the sawing of logs in a saw pit --a structure against which logs are laid for marking the cuts. Cp DNE gallows n 2, perhaps] G. M. Story FEB. 15 1989 WK PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used Sup
format Manuscript
title gallows n
title_short gallows n
title_full gallows n
title_fullStr gallows n
title_full_unstemmed gallows n
title_sort gallows n
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genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation G
1984 POWELL 22
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13168
G_13168_gallows
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