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".
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipR6v2JLi2VoWthfRrUEVkcM8Dm19iy0YCHSMfEu5Id7VLG9OAFeXETrD4h8ZMFa1145I9a52-l6ksm8YpruIAycfYCj6x3xHdfiwuR8x1SbxOGz-C8-ypvlFh0NJwkQnx11Q-DnO6kz4M/s320/Fendeur+big+DSCF0448.JPG) |
An electrically powered fendeur de bois, at a burning-tenners price |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PjMEinBAHATtuvvAFE810c9oqgD2Zh6Eld8iRx7qWzcXc7f5ml5e1KJ19rIS9uc-qKKt5Iz7Fu9NnlS0j6fzoQecEDf5589vinzS5DFaHQr0MAWktH1neJA6A_ZnJYaUMshkcVtl74Qt/s320/Fendeur+smallDSCF0448.JPG) |
Definitely un fendeur then. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMw-bucziv-1ofBta9uJM8RZpsqIw4e-M9eiUPuBVKrP_1CHz_lK6W-u2Uny4wPOTvnd8MQcZtBZZotd3YhfXWD7-i0Hx1z-Jj8b3kRSsqNrysvcmfG7z8a1ynAV2Fswqf2XDxK2oAdnt/s320/Fendeuse+DSCF0449.JPG) |
Uh-oh, I was right after all.... |
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