Craft profession for the production of containers (barrels, vats, tubs, tubs and similar vessels) made from various types of wood (preferably oak), usually for liquids. Depending on the country and region, there are various names such as Binder, Böttcher or Bottiger (from Bottich), Böttner or Büttner (from Bütte), Fassbinder, Fässler, Fasszieher, Holzküfer, Kübler (from Kübel), Küfer, Küfner, Pinter, Schäffler, Schedler (from Schedel = hollow measure), Simmermacher (from Simmer = hollow measure), Tonnenmacher (from Tonne = hollow...
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