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Wagon, a word that has totally changed meaning

2021-08-20T10:53:38.852Z


What definition of "wagon" is given in our first dictionaries? A meaning very far from that of today ...


What did "wagon" mean?

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“The

wagon

is there, in the wall, but a very thick wall…” Such a remark remains surprising to say the least.

However, it does not fall under a science fiction scenario in which a railroad car is deeply embedded in some wall!

It suffices to refer to one of the definitions of the wagon offered in the first illustrated Petit Larousse, published in July 1905: “Wagon: brick or terracotta chimney flue, contained in the thickness of the shear walls.

"

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To tell the truth, we will no longer find this definition in the Petit Larousse of the 21st century, this meaning has, in fact, gradually disappeared from use.

He was born in 1869, appeared in volume 67 of the Description of machines and processes specified in patents, a document published by the Imperial Printing Office, in the last days of the Second Empire.

The wagons were then described there by distinguishing them from bushels, which were assimilated to "pipes

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Source: lefigaro

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