tipplers and tumblers/rollers

French translation: tipplers et pigeons culbutants/rolliers

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English term or phrase:tipplers and tumblers/rollers
French translation:tipplers et pigeons culbutants/rolliers
Entered by: Stéphanie Soudais

18:26 Mar 25, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / pigeon racing!!!
English term or phrase: tipplers and tumblers/rollers
"tipplers and tumblers/rollers flown in such territories provide such easy prey that kits are commonly disrupted to the extent that in some areas predation has been claimed for abandonment of the pasttime"
cjohnstone
France
Local time: 06:52
tipplers et pigeons culbutants/rolliers
Explanation:
Juste une piste, pas un pro. Mais ce sont des noms d'oiseaux en tout cas

rollier :
http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/coraciides.html

tippler:

Origine : Pigeon sélectionné et perfectionné en Angleterre. Les origines seraient plutôt l'Inde, Pakistan, Iran et les autres pays où les Anglais avaient établis leur comptoirs.
http://pigeon.vole.free.fr/tippler.htm

tumbler:
http://books.google.fr/books?id=vhwAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA439&lpg=PA...
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Stéphanie Soudais
France
Local time: 06:52
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tipplers et pigeons culbutants/rolliers


Explanation:
Juste une piste, pas un pro. Mais ce sont des noms d'oiseaux en tout cas

rollier :
http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/coraciides.html

tippler:

Origine : Pigeon sélectionné et perfectionné en Angleterre. Les origines seraient plutôt l'Inde, Pakistan, Iran et les autres pays où les Anglais avaient établis leur comptoirs.
http://pigeon.vole.free.fr/tippler.htm

tumbler:
http://books.google.fr/books?id=vhwAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA439&lpg=PA...

Stéphanie Soudais
France
Local time: 06:52
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
thks a lot to all

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agree  Myriam Dupouy: "Le tippler anglais", oui
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