Thresther
 

Had a problem last Friday, my thresher broke, went to Homebase, didn't have a clue what I was after, suggested Screwft, tried them, and after 20 mins one searching the computer, the other seaching their catalogue, they couldn't help either, so I promised them when I got a new one, I would use the old one as a suposistry on the pair of them. Went round to Whewells, no they hadn't had any for 5 years, tried Jewsons, same story they'd never heard of them, try thowd chap in timber store, he knew what I wass after, but they had none.
Came home, and after as search on the net, finally found what I was after.
Stormguard Rain Drips & Door Seals @ JAS Hardware Suppliers Blackburn Lancashire North-West UK. / JAS Timber / Timber Doors Windows Stairs Pine Furniture Kitchens Blackburn Lancashire UK
Got one today, paid a visit to Screwfit on my way back, they don't like it upem.
Retlaw.

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Its a while since I heard one called that.
They probably thought you were looking for agricultural machinery.:D

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Better known now as Door Sills but they still should have understood what you meant.:rolleyes:

Have you put fresh straw down for Christmas?:D:D

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Never heard the word except in connection with agriculture. Should it be thrreshold? Screwfix have a lot of those on their website. From the website you posted Walter it looks like what you wanted is called a rain deflector.

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nah it was always Thresher susie. back in the day.:)

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That may be what they call them now for posh folks, but when I fitted the first one 40 odd years ago they were called threshers, when I went to Whewells, he immediately knew what I wanted, when I went to JAS Timber he knew what I wanted.
Lots of things have changed over the years, dust bin chaps are now called Refuse Disposal Officers, but they still empty dustbins, only they now call them wheely bins.

Retlaw

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Definately thresher, I imagine it's a corruption of the threshold which was used to keep the straw on the floor in houses in days past.

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As always the clue is in the name,It was used to hold the straw (thresh) in place.

Hence the name Threshold.

I never heard of a bride being carried over the thresher.:alright::D:D

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I stand corrected. Obviously been away from here for too long.

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You mean away from Accy, Sue?
We don't still have straw on the floor over here...!!

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Have you got sawdust now or that new oil cloth stuff?:eek::D:D

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Ha ha baaa baaa humbug!

I meant it sounds like a local word but it obviously isn't. But it's not in my Chambers Dictionary.

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Change to Collins
Definition of thresher | Collins English Dictionary

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That's a different version of the word to the one we're looking for.
When I get home tonight I'll see if it's in Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

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Groove's grandad used to call the bin wagon the 'ashcart'...in reference to the ash off the coal fires.

I wonder what grooves Father called groove?

I bet that was one of our good old fashioned words as well.

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Groove never had a father...he was raised on Hameldon Hill by a pack of Wolves.

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No Father, another imaculate conception.
More like splashed against a wall, and hatched out by the sun.

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That's a howler!

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Yes, And it shows.

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I was going to say that, until I saw that you had said it Retlaw.

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I'm trying to work out what Groove's said on this thread that's so bad...but I can't find anything.

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I agree - perhaps he gets flack because he dares to be different.

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Ya fit loads when I was a happyrentice :D

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I remember carrying the wife over the threshold when I got wed:mad::D

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Go and ask Screwfix for a "petty snek"

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Shame It wasn't a drought excluder,Could have saved a lot of ear ache.:D:D.

Anyway a thresher is the shortened name for a threshold.Thank you and good night.:)

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:confused::confused:Who's Groove:confused::confused::confused:

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Groove takes the snide comments as a back-handed compliment Mr.Steve. They usually come from a certain clique who's opinions don't really matter to him. Although Groove admits he likes reading the threads about the past from Retlaw and the gang. Groove can tell that Mr.Steve is a down to earth, liberal and chilled kinda guy.

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Missed these two posts yesterday. I meant that the word/meaning we are talking about is not in Chambers but the others are.

Anyway I'm with Benipete on this one

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That sounds spot on to me.

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Well when I was an happyrentice, a threshers was in the form of a usually hardwood block screwed to the floor to meet the back closing edge of the door, the block usually about about one and half inches thick bevelled away from the door, with a putty sealing, there was also another bevelled piece screwed to the front of the door to stop water running down and under the door, these were soon replace by aluminium in around the early 70s I would think