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Clarification request(s) and response
paolamonaco: 18:45 Mar 2, 2005: in your text, the "ascia bocciarda" dates back to...??? - Victoria Barkoff (asker): 19:10 Mar 2, 2005: Date and description - Pompeii, circa 60 A.D.
This tool has an axe-type blade on one side and a head with 4 points on the other. Victoria Barkoff (asker): 19:20 Mar 2, 2005: Function: - It was used for stonecutting. ileania: 18:17 Mar 7, 2005: Dear Victoria, if you use my answer, why do you grade for someone else??? - Victoria Barkoff (asker): 11:36 Mar 8, 2005: Points awarded - The term I used was "bush hammer axe". I had already thought of this answer before I posted the question, and what I really wanted was confirmation.
What I found most helpful was the detailed physical description given by Paola, to whom I awarded the points. Although your answer was close, your description of a "square head hammer" was a little misleading. I have consulted the moderator, who writes that my decision "is final and completely plausible...If you are sure you awarded to the person who helped you most, then that's fine."
Explicación: The expression ascia-bocciarda sounds strange.
I believe the English word you are looking for is "mason's hammer", which is a double-pointed hammer similar to an axe (in italian bocciarda or martellina), used to finish carved stone.
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it\'s not a mason\'s hammer then...let me ceck...
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sorry...I couldn\'t find anything in my books...
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The use of the word ascia+bocciarda is not common. The bocciarda indeed is a type of hammer used for stone cutting, with a square head on which are placed a series of short regular pyramidal projections, mainly used in the preliminary stage of stone quarrying; or a double-pointed hammer also known as \"mason\'s hammer\". The only thing I can think of is something like axe/bush hammer. HTH
Explicación: The expression ascia-bocciarda sounds strange.
I believe the English word you are looking for is "mason's hammer", which is a double-pointed hammer similar to an axe (in italian bocciarda or martellina), used to finish carved stone.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 31 mins (2005-03-02 19:20:01 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
it\'s not a mason\'s hammer then...let me ceck...
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs 57 mins (2005-03-02 20:46:27 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
sorry...I couldn\'t find anything in my books...
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs 39 mins (2005-03-03 00:28:08 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
The use of the word ascia+bocciarda is not common. The bocciarda indeed is a type of hammer used for stone cutting, with a square head on which are placed a series of short regular pyramidal projections, mainly used in the preliminary stage of stone quarrying; or a double-pointed hammer also known as \"mason\'s hammer\". The only thing I can think of is something like axe/bush hammer. HTH
paolamonaco Italia Local time: 02:54 Especializado en este campo Idioma materno: italiano Pts. PRO en la categoría: 14
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I will use the English inversion "bush hammer axe", placing th e emphsis on the type of axe.
Explicación: la derivazione, per suono, ha il solito sviluppo: italiano > francese > inglese di epoca medioevale
bocciarda > boucharde > bush hammer, vedi il richiamo alla Britannica e siti indicati
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