raves, raids, lades, ladders,

[Jon Feetham]

As my job gets me on farms over a large area of the uk I hear all sorts of farming terminology, in some places I could do with someone to translate.
The thing that stands out for me is the name's used for the shortening workings on an angled side of a field, in south lincs we call them gauze, I wonder how many names there are over the country, I have heard them called (and sorry for the spellings) gearings, goreings, gairings, pikes, pikings, scoots, skeats and probably more that I don't recall.

 

[Thick Farmer]

As my job gets me on farms over a large area of the uk I hear all sorts of farming terminology, in some places I could do with someone to translate.
The thing that stands out for me is the name's used for the shortening workings on an angled side of a field, in south lincs we call them gauze, I wonder how many names there are over the country, I have heard them called (and sorry for the spellings) gearings, goreings, gairings, pikes, pikings, scoots, skeats and probably more that I don't recall.

We call it 'short work' around here.

 

[fermerboy]

Hakes hud the bales onto yer cairt around here and we row up oor hai.

+1 but we would row up oot hay into " bouts", "ye need a guid square shaped bout te mak tidy bales"

 

[JD-Kid]

rake hay .. and front of trailer called headboard

intrseting seeddrill in oz with both seed and fert called a combine and seed only a drill or seeder

 

[caveman]

Lades.
Rowing up.
Wents and short work.

 

[masseyjack]

Ladders, rowing up, and gairings for the awkward bits

 

[Sussex Martin]

Lades.
Rowing up.
Wents and short work.

What he said.

 

[Jon 3085]

Racks and rowing up.

 

[farmerste]

flakes, rowing up and tongue sharps.

 

[fingermouse]

Row up,
gormers on trailers,all the owdmons would be horrified us yowths buggered em up tryin to get that 8 ft bale in a 6 ft gap
Okard bits for short work.

 

[Lincsman]

Dad called them Gormers when we had trailer with them, and the short bits are gairings

 

[Blue.]

flakes, rowing up and tongue sharps.

Tongue sharps,always think that a south lancs term,are you south lancs?

 

[fenlander]

called raves rowing and gores round here

 

[Martin Holden]

Have heard them called pickets in Gloucestershire.

 

[Martin Holden]

Have heard them called pickets in Gloucestershire.

 

[IANTO]

So what do you call the things that are on the front and back of trailers to stop bales falling off (usually little bales if you can remember those things).

In North Pembrokeshire they were called a "cretch". Whether this is derived from Welsh I doubt.

A Cretch was originally the Tail-Gate on a Gambo.

Interestingly a Cod Piece on Old Fashioned Trousers were known as "Coppis Cretch".

I only remember one person wearing them. A Button either side, and then they front hinged down like a Tail Gate.

 

[Gormers]

Gormers fit on each end of rully to stop sheaves/bales falling off.
Rully is a hay/straw trailer with a turntable that runs on shears.
When i was a lad "PATRICK" rullies was the common name for them.

cheers Gormers

 

[Bruce Almighty]

Gearings on our trailers

And harrows fixed to a swingletree !

 

[Tha Ulsterscot]

Aye, Swingletree here too, and short runs are called Points.

 

[multi power]

what about kicking hay?