Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

cadissier

English translation:

knitwear maker

Added to glossary by Stephanie Mitchel
Feb 11, 2006 19:22
18 yrs ago
French term

cadissier

French to English Law/Patents Genealogy family deeds
Year of record: 1632. France (Gard).

"Contrat de mariage entre X, cadissier de St-Etienne-de-Lom, [etc.]"
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 knitwear maker
4 woollen draper
3 weaver

Proposed translations

+4
2 mins
Selected

knitwear maker

Fabricant de pièces de laine tricotées (cadis).
Peer comment(s):

agree Fran�ois UTARD : 100% right
1 hr
agree Antonio Barros : je suis d´accord. http://www.websters-dictionary-online.net/kn/knitter.html
3 hrs
agree A-C Robertson (X)
8 hrs
agree Suzanne Kirk (X)
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
4 hrs

woollen draper

If I may hark back to my answer to your other question where I quoted

cadissier ouvrier faisant des étoffes de serge de laine
http://www.cevenols.com/vieuxmetiers.htm

I suggested "woollen draper" for "marchand facturier", but it would work here too (I strongly suspect there is little difference between "marchand facturier (en laine)" and "cadissier".

SOED:
woollen draper - A dealer in woollen goods
draper - 1. Orig. one who made (woollen) cloth. Subseq. A dealer in cloth, whence, now, in other textile fabrics ...

While the other suggestions are good definitions of the French terms, they are not translations reflecting the period. I believe these are. Not many French people will understand "cadissier" or "marchand facturier" without the help of a (very good) dictionary; I doubt many people these days know what a draper does these days, let alone what he specialized in hundreds of years ago.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Antonio Barros : Concerning the level of diffuculty, I agree.
1 hr
neutral Jennifer Levey : I think you are over-looking the difference between weaving and knitting
12 hrs
You obviously think it matters.
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6 hrs

weaver

another possibility
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