Dumplings

The (as well as "that" according to Duden) Dumplachter was a measure of length in Bohemian mines . So the tunnel height should be a figure eight.

• 1 Dumplachter = 1053 Parisian lines = 2376 millimeters
• 1 dumplings = 4 cubits (Prague)

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 73
• Adelung: Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect. Volume 1. Leipzig 1793, p. 1572

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Joachim Schwabe, Johann Theodor Jablonskis: General Lexicon of the Arts and Sciences. Volume 1, Hartungs Erben, Königsberg / Leipzig 1767, p. 383
2. ↑ Mining dictionary: therein the German names. Johann Christoph Stößel, Chemnitz 1778, p. 138