canut
French → English
noun//ka.ny//
(history) Silk weaver: a 19th-century artisan weaver from the Croix-Rousse district in Lyon
La révolte des canuts à Lyon a été l'un des premiers grands soulèvements ouvriers de l'ère industrielle.
(English) The revolt of the silk weavers in Lyon was one of the first major worker uprisings of the industrial era.
Le canut travaillait sur son métier à tisser manuel du lever au coucher du soleil.
(English) The silk weaver worked on his manual loom from sunrise to sunset.
Entry ID: fr:en:canut · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary