2006-10-16 08:02:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Sabot is the French word for shoe. To cause machinery to stop, the French would throw a shoe into it.
2006-10-16 08:08:10 · answer #1 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name derives from early in the Industrial Revolution. It is often said that powered looms could be damaged by angry or disgruntled workers throwing their wooden shoes (known in French as sabots) into the machinery. This is often referenced as one of the first inklings of the Luddite Movement. However, this etymology is highly suspect and no wooden shoe sabotage is known to have been reported from the time of the word's origin.
2006-10-20 07:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by SURAJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name derives from early in the Industrial Revolution. It is often said that powered looms could be damaged by angry or disgruntled workers throwing their wooden shoes (known in French as sabots) into the machinery. This is often referenced as one of the first inklings of the Luddite Movement. However, this etymology is highly suspect and no wooden shoe sabotage is known to have been reported from the time of the word's origin
2006-10-16 08:10:54 · answer #3 · answered by jmj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from saboo the wooden clogs or shoes worn in Holland. During a worker protest some workers thew there shoes in to the machinery. and sabotage was born.
2006-10-16 08:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by Ben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋