Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

Likbeen

English translation:

bone creaser

Added to glossary by Lianne van de Ven
Nov 1, 2015 16:50
8 yrs ago
Dutch term

Likbeen

Dutch to English Tech/Engineering Manufacturing Shoemaker\\\\\\\'s tools (Fle
Looking for a translation for "Likbeen" in a list of tools for manufacturing orthopaedic footwear.

All I can find is this:

LIKBEEN

1) Apparaat, werktuig of gereedschap 2) Schoenmakersgerei
Gevonden op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/puzzelwoordenboek/LIKBEEN/1

Any ideas? Much obliged!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 bone creaser
Change log

Nov 4, 2015 07:24: Lianne van de Ven Created KOG entry

Discussion

philgoddard Nov 1, 2015:
That reference also says that it's "astic" in French, which is a bone used for polishing.
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/astic
philgoddard Nov 1, 2015:
It's something to do with polishing, as this entry from a 19th-century dictionary shows:
https://books.google.com/books?id=J0FQAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=...
Are these historic tools? It's funny that they get almost no Google hits.

Proposed translations

+2
38 mins
Selected

bone creaser

been = bot = bone

http://springfieldleather.com/34061/Creaser,Bone,Round,8"/

http://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/pointed-bone-creaser

Bone creaser vs bone folder:
http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=18973

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Note added at 45 mins (2015-11-01 17:35:58 GMT)
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Van Dale: likken (ww)
glad, ef­fen, glan­zend ma­ken: de hak van een schoen lik­ken, glan­zen

Misschien is "polishing bone" beter, maar meestal wordt decreasing and polishing in een adem genoemd:
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/RESEARCH/G...

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Note added at 47 mins (2015-11-01 17:37:38 GMT)
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Die link verwijst trouwens specifiek naar de groep "bones and sticks":
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/RESEARCH/G...
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
1 hr
Bedankt.
agree Kitty Brussaard
1 day 21 hrs
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Reference comments

7 mins
Reference:

refs

Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (14e editie, 2005):

likbeen= strijkbeen van schoenmakers
synoniem: astic
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Lianne van de Ven
40 mins
Thanks!
agree Evgeny Artemov (X)
3 hrs
Thanks!
agree Kitty Brussaard
1 day 22 hrs
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