Averruncator
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An averruncator or pole pruner (American English) is a form of long shears used in arboriculture for averruncating or pruning off the higher branches of trees, etc.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[1]
Etymology
The word averruncate (from Latin averruncare, "to ward off, remove mischief") glided into meaning to weed the ground, prune vines, etc., by a supposed derivation from the Lat. ab, "off", and eruncare, "to weed out", and it was spelt aberuncate to suit this; but the New English Dictionary regarded such a derivation as impossible.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Description
An averruncator has a compound blade attached to a handle between five and eight feet long. The blades are closed with a rope and pulley, and they are opened with a spring.
Types
There are at least three varieties of this tool, depending on how force is transmitted to the blades or the blade shape: shear-action, pully-action and parrot-bill.[2][3]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sanecki, Kay N. (1987). Old Garden Tools (2nd ed.). Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom: Shire Publications. p. 15. Retrieved 2022-05-08 – via OpenLibrary.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rose, Graham (1993). The Traditional Garden Book (Paperback) (1st ed.). London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 68. ISBN 0-7513-0093-4. Retrieved 2022-05-08 – via OpenLibrary.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."What are the Most Common Gardening Tools?". Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Script error: No such module "template wrapper".
External links
- Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". The dictionary definition of averruncator at Wiktionary
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