7.3 Observations on terminology The author has held discussions
relating to toolcarriers with a very wide range of research and
development workers of many institutions in developed and
developing countries. From these it is apparent that the vast
majority have understood (incorrectly) that wheeled toolcarriers
had been highly successful in some parts of the world. While
much of this is due to the optimism of reporting, there has also
been considerable misunderstanding relating to terminology,
particularly the definition of simple toolbars and more
complicated wheeled toolcarriers. In order to distinguish
clearly between different types of multipurpose ("polyvalent")
implements, CEEMAT proposed a standardization on the term
"multiculteur" for a simple toolbar pulled by a chain and
"polyculteur" for wheeled toolcarriers that could be used as
carts (CEEMAT, 1971). Unfortunately, in the influential English
edition of this major work, this important point of definition
was missed out, and neither the French words