04-04-2022, 07:13 PM
I had to go looking, found this:
1) Some funny & interesting theories.
https://www.finehomebuilding.com/forum/o...-and-bolts
2) Or a slightly more serious one.
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-a-washer-hardware-named-so
"No-one knows.
The word is recorded as having been used (in this sense) as long ago as 1346, and we don't have 650-year-old etymological dictionaries.
Theories include a derivation from the similar device made of leather that sealed oar-holes on naval vessels... Or a corruption of the word "vise", as in a metal clamp"
"Sorry, don’t know. But I have a story about washes.
This was in Uruguay. The washers which roofers were putting under nails used to cost one peso each,. When their price rose to two pesos, they said “sod this”, and used peso coins instead."
1) Some funny & interesting theories.
https://www.finehomebuilding.com/forum/o...-and-bolts
2) Or a slightly more serious one.
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-a-washer-hardware-named-so
"No-one knows.
The word is recorded as having been used (in this sense) as long ago as 1346, and we don't have 650-year-old etymological dictionaries.
Theories include a derivation from the similar device made of leather that sealed oar-holes on naval vessels... Or a corruption of the word "vise", as in a metal clamp"
"Sorry, don’t know. But I have a story about washes.
This was in Uruguay. The washers which roofers were putting under nails used to cost one peso each,. When their price rose to two pesos, they said “sod this”, and used peso coins instead."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)