| Title: | Plaits, twists (onions) |
| Original Title: | Torches |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 16 (1765), p. 421 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Plaits, twists (onions)." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.452>. Trans. of "Torches," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 16. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Plaits, twists (onions)." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.452 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Torches," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 16:421 (Paris, 1765). |
Plaits, twists (onions). A ‘plait’ in the onion trade is a two- or three-foot stick covered with straw, around which various rows of onions are tied by their stalks. A ‘plait’ of onions is different from a string or bunch.