back-tilt

back a Their only shelter for night was a shed, such as is called a back-tilt, made of a punt's sail strained along the ground on one side, and supported at an angle of about forty- five degrees from the ground by stakes. The ends are walled in with boughs, and the whole front is open; whence i...

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Language:English
Published: 1964
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/9215 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 back-tilt 1964/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9215 eng eng B 1863 MORETON Life & Work in Nfld 80 Greenspond References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 1545 B_1545_back a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9215 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 1964 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z back a Their only shelter for night was a shed, such as is called a back-tilt, made of a punt's sail strained along the ground on one side, and supported at an angle of about forty- five degrees from the ground by stakes. The ends are walled in with boughs, and the whole front is open; whence its name, being a back shelter only. In front of the tilt there was a fire burning. also _lean-to_ PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story July 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I also lean-to; no back doors about, ~ cove point/harbour/house/junk/kitchen/shore/side/stock/tilt cp HOUSE 2, JUNK, BOUGH TILT (SUP)~end/run RUN n 2, VEE Checked by Suzanne Power on Tue 24 Mar 2015 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
back-tilt
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description back a Their only shelter for night was a shed, such as is called a back-tilt, made of a punt's sail strained along the ground on one side, and supported at an angle of about forty- five degrees from the ground by stakes. The ends are walled in with boughs, and the whole front is open; whence its name, being a back shelter only. In front of the tilt there was a fire burning. also _lean-to_ PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story July 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I also lean-to; no back doors about, ~ cove point/harbour/house/junk/kitchen/shore/side/stock/tilt cp HOUSE 2, JUNK, BOUGH TILT (SUP)~end/run RUN n 2, VEE Checked by Suzanne Power on Tue 24 Mar 2015
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title back-tilt
title_short back-tilt
title_full back-tilt
title_fullStr back-tilt
title_full_unstemmed back-tilt
title_sort back-tilt
publishDate 1964
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9215
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1863 MORETON Life & Work in Nfld 80
Greenspond
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
1545
B_1545_back a
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