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Re: McCarthy: batboard jakes
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tony cooper
Dec 18, 2011, 3:14:53 PM12/18/11
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On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:08:48 -0800 (PST), Glen Gentoras
<glen.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello:
>
>---
>[tough kid in TX]
>
>He [the boy] drained his glass and went out. There were boards laid
>across the mud and he followed the paling band of doorlight down
>toward the batboard jakes at the bottom of the lot. Another man was
>coming up from the jakes and they met halfway on the narrow planks.
>The man before him swayed slightly. His wet hatbrim fell to his
>shoulders save in the front where it was pinned back. He held a bottle
>loosely in one hand.
>
>Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
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>"pinned back": ?
>"batboard": ?
A "Jakes" is a toilet. "Batboard" must be board and batten siding
indicating a roughly made outhouse. A broad-brimmed hat could be
pinned to keep it up and out of the man's vision.
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
<glen.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello:
>
>---
>[tough kid in TX]
>
>He [the boy] drained his glass and went out. There were boards laid
>across the mud and he followed the paling band of doorlight down
>toward the batboard jakes at the bottom of the lot. Another man was
>coming up from the jakes and they met halfway on the narrow planks.
>The man before him swayed slightly. His wet hatbrim fell to his
>shoulders save in the front where it was pinned back. He held a bottle
>loosely in one hand.
>
>Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
>---
>
>"pinned back": ?
>"batboard": ?
A "Jakes" is a toilet. "Batboard" must be board and batten siding
indicating a roughly made outhouse. A broad-brimmed hat could be
pinned to keep it up and out of the man's vision.
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
GG
Dec 19, 2011, 3:07:26 PM12/19/11
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Interesting.
Thanks.
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
Dec 19, 2011, 3:28:03 PM12/19/11
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This hat has the brim turned up at the front. A hat with a broader and
more flexible brim would need the brim to be attached, pinned, to the
crown of the hat:
http://www.mistermort.com/2011/03/a-pork-pie-.html
There is a particular style of hat, a "cavalier hat", where the brim at
the side is turned up and pinned to the crown:
http://www.fantasycostume.net/fantasy/images/Hats/hatthumbs/hatcavalier-t.jpg
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Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
tony cooper
Dec 19, 2011, 5:31:18 PM12/19/11
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