tool
Mud scuppit
Usually wooden (approx. 40-60 cm x 15-20 cm), sometimes iron (approx. 25x35
cm) shovel (1) with raised edges and T-handle (approx. 65 cm) and usually a
leather patch on top of the (wooden) blade. Sometimes a second handle is
provided at the bottom of the handle (2). The wooden shovel is usually
monoxile (except for the T-handle). The bosom shovel is used to scoop water
or dredge from a ditch or liquid manure from a barge (3), also, by the
brick and tile baker, to pour water over the clay during the preparation of
that raw material. See also drag net, bleacher's shovel and sand shovel
(brickmaker). [MOT] (1) SIRAG: 50. (2) Larousse Agricole: 1.523. (3)
V.A.W.P.: 1.433.