chomage means A period when a mill, factory, etc. stands still or idle. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- A period when a mill, factory, etc. stands still or idle.“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.”