Meaning of chomage | Babel Free

Definitions

A period when a mill, factory, etc. stands still or idle.

countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“For many generations the canal was regularly dried once a year, for an interval of a month or six weeks, for the purpose of repairs. These chomages, as they are called, now, however, take place only once in two or in three years.”

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