Kick

As Tretsche (plurality Tretschen ; of rätoromanisch Tretscha , plurality Tretschana ) is in Grisons one to long to 20 feet braided very robust cable from untanned animal hides, respectively. Stepping was used as pull ropes for agriculture and forestry, but also as bell ropes or whips . Today, hemp or synthetic ropes are mostly used for these purposes.

Tretschen were made by kickmakers (Rhaeto-Romanic Tarscher ).

literature

• Entry Tretscha in: Pro Supersaxa - Obersaxen , annual issue 2004 ( PDF )
• Alfons Maissen, Anna Pia Maissen: The Tretschenmacher. Il tarscher . (= Old Craft; Issue 64). Association for Bündner Kulturforschung and Museum Regiunal Surselva . Verlag für Bündner Kulturforschung, Chur 2004, ISBN 3-905342-21-9