# Scheitholz

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German term of specially cut wood

For the stringed instrument sometimes referred to as a Scheitholz, see [Scheitholt](/source/Scheitholt).

*Scheitholz*

A small fruit crate made of wood and [hardboard](/source/Hardboard); in this case for strawberries

***Scheitholz*** is a German term for any log sections that have been split lengthways with an [axe](/source/Axe) or [log splitter](/source/Log_splitter) and that are primarily used for [firewood](/source/Firewood) or the manufacture of [wood shingles](/source/Wood_shingle). The individual pieces of timber are called ***Holzscheite*** (obs.: *Holzscheiter*), derived from the [Old High German](/source/Old_High_German) word *scît* = "piece". [*Scheitholz* boilers](/source/Wood_gasification_boiler) are used to burn quantities of *Scheithölzer*. The expression *"auf Scheitholz knien*" ("to kneel on *scheitholz*) was a disciplinary measure used in times when [corporal punishment in schools](/source/Corporal_punishment_in_schools) was still permitted.[1]

Very thinly split timber is also called ***Spanholz*** or ***Span***, roughly the same as long-fibred [wood chips](/source/Woodchips) or [wood shavings](/source/Wood_shaving), which may also be a waste by-product of the processes of [planning](/source/Planning) or [hewing](/source/Hewing) wood. *Span* may also refer, however, to long-fibred slips or slices of wood especially of [poplar](/source/Populus) and other softwoods, which are used to make wooden [punnets](/source/Punnet) and fruit or vegetable [crates](/source/Crate).

## See also

- *[Klafter](/source/Klafter)*, an old unit of length or volume for *Scheitholz*

- [Fidibus](/source/Fidibus), a firelighter

- [Spanbaum](/source/Spanbaum)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** cf. Anonymus: *Hat der Schulmeister Brod? oder Ich bin Schulpatron*, Text eines Lustspiels, Prague and Leipzig by Caspar Widtmann 1786, [viewable online at Google Books](https://books.google.com/books?id=i9hJAAAAcAAJ&dq=Scheitholzknien&pg=PA72).

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