zaleas de la trasquila

English translation: fleece collected from crops and shears

19:18 Jan 11, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Livestock
Spanish term or phrase: zaleas de la trasquila
This appears in a historical document about early farming days in New Mexico. The whole sentence reads, "Don Cruz logró 500 zaleas de la trasquila de ese año que pesaban mil libras." I am unsure as to whether this refers to sheepskin for decoration or warmth, or if this refers to sheep wool.
Alison Trujillo
United States
Local time: 02:43
English translation:fleece collected from crops and shears
Explanation:
It weighs the amount of woolen fleece collected from shearing. Wool and fleeces are the normal products these days.
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Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:43
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I read up on whether sheepskins or just the fleece was sold, and in New Mexico the sheep were primarily for the fleece and the meat. So, I think this answer is the closest for this context. @steven, I also like your use of “the shear”. Thanks to all.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2fleeces from sheepshearing
liz askew
4[sheep] skins from the shear
Steven Huddleston
3 +1fleeces
Marie Wilson
3 -1fleece collected from crops and shears
Lisa Rosengard


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[sheep] skins from the shear


Explanation:
This was what I found.

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Note added at 10 mins (2021-01-11 19:29:26 GMT)
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I believe the author means the skins, not just the wool, which is more commonly harvested from sheep. But there are also markets for their skin.


    https://dle.rae.es/zalea
    https://dle.rae.es/trasquila
Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Local time: 03:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fleeces


Explanation:
Zalea can be sheepskin, but as shearing is involved here, I think it means the fleece.

A brief history of the fleece - Made In Slowmadeinslow.com › un-poco-de-historia-sobre-el-vellon
May 9, 2017 — The term 'fleece' refers to the woollen coat obtained after a sheep or ram is sheared, a task undertaken once a year at the end of spring

Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 10:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: Yep, no need for anything else because if it's not from "la trasquila" then, as you say, they're sheepskins. Seems you were fleeced out of the points here ("...from crops and shears"??).
4 days
  -> Thanks, Robert! Yes, bizarre choice. I'm surprised that nobody here seems to get it. I was brought up on James Herriot so I know my way round sheep shearing :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
fleece collected from crops and shears


Explanation:
It weighs the amount of woolen fleece collected from shearing. Wool and fleeces are the normal products these days.

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
I read up on whether sheepskins or just the fleece was sold, and in New Mexico the sheep were primarily for the fleece and the meat. So, I think this answer is the closest for this context. @steven, I also like your use of “the shear”. Thanks to all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: Fleec is collected from the process of shearing, not from the shears! Think
10 days

disagree  liz askew: This makes no sense and the English is incorrect
14 days
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fleeces from sheepshearing


Explanation:

Notes on Shearing and Maintaining the Quality of Fleecewww.thenaturalfibre.co.uk › default › files › oldsite
PDF
1. Notes on Sheep Shearing and Maintaining the Quality of Fleeces. About Fleece. 1. Normally the best wool is lamb's wool (but lambs may not be shorn in their.


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Note added at 21 mins (2021-01-11 19:40:13 GMT)
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Sheep shearing training | British Woolwww.britishwool.org.uk › shearing
British Wool is the approved provider for sheep shearing and wool handling training in the UK.
7 Jul 2006 · Uploaded by British Wool


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Note added at 15 hrs (2021-01-12 10:51:27 GMT)
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"Fleeces" should be in the plural!!

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 69

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Taña Dalglish: I think this is the likely option: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalea_(cuero) and Sheepskin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepskin, although I would drop the "s" from fleeces.
32 mins
  -> So do I! Thank you! Sheepskins are different to fleeces. The former are from dead animals, the latter from live ones! "Fleeces" is correct.

agree  AllegroTrans
10 days
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