Shotgun tree

A Schröter at work with shot tree, shot rope and shot ladder . Representation in the Nuremberg house books (1515).

“Schrotmaul” to create the shotgun tree at house Simeonstrasse 7, Trier

The Schrotbaum (or Rhenish Schradbaum ), also called Schrotholz , is a historical piece of equipment used by Schröter to move barrels and other heavy loads. The work of the Schröter consisted of delivering heavy beer or wine barrels, moving them to a cellar or picking up the empty barrels from the cellar.

The shotgun tree was in particular a sturdy round beam that served as support when working with the shot rope and shot ladder . Individual cross rungs on the shotgun should prevent the rope from slipping (see illustration). In some older houses there are still joist bearings that provided a firm hold for the shotgun tree.

In contrast to this, the Palatinate dictionary equates the shot tree with a shot stick . According to the Palatinate dictionary, shotguns were sturdy wooden sticks that the Schröter arranged in pairs as a ramp so that the barrels could be moved with little effort, like a shotgun ladder.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Schrotbaum in the Palatinate Dictionary
2. ↑ Schrotholz in the Palatinate Dictionary
3. ↑ Schrotbaum in the Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect by Johann Christoph Adelung
4. ↑ Junk Tree. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 15 : Schiefeln – Soul - (IX). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1899 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
5. ↑ Shot rope in the Palatinate Dictionary
6. ↑ Schrotstab in the Palatinate Dictionary