Términos

People who specialize in making tiles, which are small, flat objects, often rectangular and decorated, used to cover roofs, floors, or other surfaces.

Relatively small, flat objects, often rectangular, used to cover roofs, floors or walls, as game pieces, as lids, or for other purposes. Originally referred to such objects made of baked earth or earthenware, but modern usage includes such items made of other materials, including metal or plastic.

Genus having approximately 30 species native to the Northern Hemisphere. A few species are ornamental and shade trees, among the most graceful of deciduous trees, with heart-shaped, coarsely toothed leaves; fragrant cream-colored flowers; and small globular fruit hanging from a narrow leafy bract. This genus was placed in the family Tiliaceae, but genetic research resulted in its being placed in Malvaceae. They are generally, but not always, called "lime" in Britain and "linden" or "basswood" in North America.

Species of large shade tree, reaching 40 m (130 feet) in height, native to eastern North America. It provides wood for beehives, crating, furniture, and excelsior. It is a popular bee tree, producing a pale, distinctively flavored linden honey.

Species of large European linden growing 20-40 m tall with a trunk up to 1-2 m diameter. It is widely planted in rows as a street tree, famously in Berlin's Unter den Linden.

Large tree that is a natural hybrid between the big-leaf linden (T. platyphyllos) and little-leaf linden (T. cordata). It was frequently planted in towns and parks, thus known by the name "common lime" since the 17th century. It is easily propagated by layering.

Madera marrón clara a partir de cualquiera de los varios árboles del género Tilia, que tiene una fibra recta y fácil de trabajar. Madera de tilo se usa para muebles y gabinetes. Su carácter estructural particular sirve bien para talla, permitiendo que las herramientas que se utilizarán tanto a lo largo de la veta y en cierta medida en sentido axial. Debido a que la madera de tilo es suave y manejable, se ha utilizado desde el año 1500 para artículos decorativos con tallas intrincadas, como marcos de cuadros y esculturas. A pesar de su costo relativo, que era la madera más común usado para escultura en Alemania. Durante los siglos XV y XVI tardíos la madera de tilo fue el material preferido para el género del retablo con alas.

Madera del árbol perteneciente a la especie Tilia americana, nativa del este de Estados Unidos y Canadá. Varía de color de blanco cremoso a casi marrón y se utiliza para chapas de construcción, madera contrachapada, piezas de piano y tornería.

Madera del árbol perteneciente a la especie Tilia cordata.

Madera del Tilia europaea híbrido.

Hammers that are fixed on an angle, usually used in forging, and operated by cam-wheels which alternately tilt the hammers upward and let them drop.

Pieza de armadura utilizada en las justas durante los siglos XV y XVI. Consistía en grandes placas de metal, que podían tener tanto la forma de escudo como con la forma de los muslos, y que asimismo podían o colgar de un lado de la silla de metal o estar atadas a cada uno de los muslos de los combatientes, para protegerlos junto con las rodillas.

Úsese para designar una embarcación con un casco central prominente y cascos laterales subsidiarios.

Tambores con cuerpos semiesferícos o en forma de huevo y un solo parche tensado.

Timbales en forma de cuenco cuyos tornillos de afinación son operados simultáneamente, por un pedal, un solo tornillo maestro, o por rotación.

Aquellos que tocan los timbales en las orquestas occidentales.

Devices for carrying lightweight tree trunks, telephone poles and similar. The version designed for two persons consists of a pair of hinged chisel-bill hooks used as pincers mounted on pivots at the middle of a wooden pole, which is grasped at either side of the object being carried. The weight of the log forces the hooks to sink into the wood. There are verions for single-person operation with a number of interconnected levers between handle and hooks and is used for carrying relatively short pieces.

Walkways, tracks, or cart paths made of timbers seated on risers to form a raised surface; usually used to provide crossing of a bog or peatland. Known in the archaeological record for over 6,000 years. For constructions comprising boards or timbers, but used for walking along a beach, in either archaeological or modern contexts, use "boardwalks." For roads or walkways, usually for vehicles and made of half timbers or logs rather than cut timber, use "corduroy roads."