JRW,

I always thought the actual hole that contained the steps under the cellar
door was the "bulkhead."  Can you speak to this distinction?

Linda Derry, Director
Old Cahawba - AHC
719 Tremont St.
Selma, AL 36701 - 5446
ph. 334/875-2529 / email: [log in to unmask]


> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John
> White
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:45 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Thank you..... and I'm surprised.
>
>
> To all who offered ansers to my cellar door query:
>             Thank you for your time and effort.  You are a great
> resource.  Bulkhead appears to be the most accurate term - Bilco is a
> brand name of a company that makes cellar  doors, including the
> bulkhead.  What surprises me is the transposition from the nautical
> meaning "wall" - as in " shoved against the bulkhead" to the building
> trades term "outside cellar door laid at an angle to the house wall".
> Who can figure?  Anyway, thanks for supplying me with the proper term.
> JRW
>