英和和英

名詞

devil's tail (plural devil's tails)

1. (Scotland, coopering) A cooper’s knocker-up; a tool used to lift or level a cask head from inside the cask.

同意語

• knocker-up
• knocker-upper
• jumper (cask-head lifter; in this sense)

引用

• 2011, David Woodcock, Master Catalogue for Scotland: Woodworking Tools, STICK (Scottish Transport & Industry Collections and Knowledge Network), page 171:

  Devil’s tail: Cooper’s 'knocker-up' (a cask head lifter).