We use a hydraulic log splitter to feed the ravenous maw of our
chaudIère. I thought the French word for a logsplitter was a
fendeuse for the machine and a
fendeur for the (obviously male) user, by analogy with many other machine tools which are feminine -
une tondeuse,
une scieuse etc. By gum, I was wrong, judging by these specimens in the Bricomarché, both labelled "
fendeur de bois".
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| An electrically powered fendeur de bois, at a burning-tenners price |
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| Definitely un fendeur then. |
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| Uh-oh, I was right after all.... |
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