Mar 7, 2020 15:08
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term

palos de zuecos

Spanish to English Other Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Context: An interview about what sailors used to buy in the hardware store fo a port town.

Lo que más se vendía eran ropas de agua, porque las ropas de agua de entonces eran muy malas; eran de una tela de lino y había que darle una imprimación de aceite de linaza, que también lo vendíamos nosotros.
Se la daban y la ponían a secar y así les duraba mucho.

También vendíamos muchos palos de zuecos, porque en aquel entonces no había botas de goma y lo que más se les gastaba era la suela. Para reforzarla había unos palos que se vendían sueltos; los llevaban al zapatero y con la grasa que le echaban al zueco, les duraba una eternidad.

Thanks.

Proposed translations

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Shoe wedges

From the description, I'm imagining wedges or sticks that were bought loose and taken to the shoemaker and attached to the souls to reinforce them. I can't find any reference in English or Spanish to such an item, however.
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wooden base/sole

As traditional clogs were often made from leather and wood, I think "palos" here means the wooden base. The soles were the part that wore out, so they were replaced.

Procede de Allariz toda la materia prima?
Sólo la piel, pues por lo general el que hace zuecos también tiene curtidos. En cambio los palos, de amineiro, vienen de Santiago.
https://www.laregion.es/articulo/historia-en-4-tiempos/mejor...

Here it says "los palos, de amineiro", amineiro is alder wood, which was used in clog making:

Clog (British) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Clog_(British)
Another disadvantage is that the wood has a tendency to split if taken from the centre of the tree. So much alder was used for clogs that in parts of Wales it was ...
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agree Helena Chavarria : I agree with you.
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Thanks, Helena :-)
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wooden mules // wooden clogs


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clog soles

I think the "wooden" part is implied in "clog"
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