colle de boyau
English translation: animal glue
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|  Selected response from: Dareth Pray United States Local time: 16:58 | ||||
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peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3animal glue Explanation: If you do a search of "animal glue" in archaeological contexts, it is a very common term, and a quick search confirms that Egyptians did use animal glue in wood working. Because we don't know what kind of guts the "boyau" may have come from (working on the assumption that this is the sense in which this word is being used), I think "animal glue" is general enough while still being a special term used when discussing historical furniture building. I noticed that this term is not a common term even when performing a French search, probably because "colle de peau" is the more common term. Others may disagree, but I doubt it is important what specific body parts of which specific animals were used in making the glue that glued this wood together, if the text does not discuss the technique any further. |
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