Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
couverte de berceau pour nippes
English translation:
baby blanket to use as rags
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Pablo Strauss
Jun 27, 2012 20:24
11 yrs ago
French term
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couverte de berceau pour nippes
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French 18th Century Military Uniform (new France)
to make it even more baffling, it is "à mettre dans les souliers."
From this list of items issued to soldiers in New France.
Tous les combattants recevaient le même équipement militaire : un capot de Cadix, deux chemises de coton, un gilet de laine, une paire de mitasse de drap, un brayet de drap, un fourreau de fusil, une peau de chevreuil, une peau d’ours pour coucher, un bonnet de laine, une couverte de laine de quatre points,
+++ une couverte de berceau pour nippes à mettre dans les souliers +++
, deux paires de souliers tannés par mois, une chaudière couverte, un casse-tête, une hache pour la cabane, un prélart pour cabaner, une livre de tabac par mois, deux couteaux-bucherons, une paire de raquettes, un batte-feu, du fil, des aiguilles, un tire-bour, une pierre à fusil et un sac à halles
From this list of items issued to soldiers in New France.
Tous les combattants recevaient le même équipement militaire : un capot de Cadix, deux chemises de coton, un gilet de laine, une paire de mitasse de drap, un brayet de drap, un fourreau de fusil, une peau de chevreuil, une peau d’ours pour coucher, un bonnet de laine, une couverte de laine de quatre points,
+++ une couverte de berceau pour nippes à mettre dans les souliers +++
, deux paires de souliers tannés par mois, une chaudière couverte, un casse-tête, une hache pour la cabane, un prélart pour cabaner, une livre de tabac par mois, deux couteaux-bucherons, une paire de raquettes, un batte-feu, du fil, des aiguilles, un tire-bour, une pierre à fusil et un sac à halles
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| 3 +4 | baby blanket to use as rags |
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baby blanket to use as rags
medium confidence but think it has to be something like this. I bellieve soldiers put soft rags into their shoes for heat and to save feet from blisters
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in some cases all they had were rags to bind their feet when their shoes wore out.
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[3] Brief Relation of the Journey to New France. .... dig the trenches; after them come brave soldiers, who besiege and take the place. ... Yet there are some who wear sleeves,. stockings, and shoes, but in no other ...... They make them broad and very ample, in order to line them inside with a layer of old rags against the cold.
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you might prefer to use "swaddling cloth" for the baby blanket. Main thing is that it's fairly soft cloth as opposed to the rough course cloth of their uniforms
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or indeed "(baby) flannel" as in BDF's ref.
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Note added at 6 days (2012-07-03 21:05:36 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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Note added at 18 mins (2012-06-27 20:42:52 GMT)
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http://books.google.ie/books?id=FfvE6BecA-wC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA1...
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Note added at 27 mins (2012-06-27 20:51:34 GMT)
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in some cases all they had were rags to bind their feet when their shoes wore out.
http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/relations/relations_05.ht...
puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/relations/relations_05.html
Block all puffin.creighton.edu results
[3] Brief Relation of the Journey to New France. .... dig the trenches; after them come brave soldiers, who besiege and take the place. ... Yet there are some who wear sleeves,. stockings, and shoes, but in no other ...... They make them broad and very ample, in order to line them inside with a layer of old rags against the cold.
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-06-27 22:04:51 GMT)
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you might prefer to use "swaddling cloth" for the baby blanket. Main thing is that it's fairly soft cloth as opposed to the rough course cloth of their uniforms
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-06-27 22:19:37 GMT)
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or indeed "(baby) flannel" as in BDF's ref.
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Note added at 6 days (2012-07-03 21:05:36 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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Reference:
Footwraps
"Footwraps (also referred to as foot cloths, rags, bandages or bindings, or by their Russian name portyanki) are rectangular pieces of cloth that are worn wrapped around the feet to avoid chafing, absorb sweat and improve the foothold. Footwraps were worn with boots before socks became widely available, and remained in use by armies in Eastern Europe up until the beginning of the 21st century."
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Yvonne Gallagher
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