A more likely explanation of the origin of the word "sabotage" is that a wooden shoe is mightily convenient for sticking in the gears of a mill. If you go look

A more likely explanation of the origin of the word "sabotage" is that a wooden shoe is mightily convenient for sticking in the gears of a mill. If you go look at farmers wearing clogs there's very little about it that's slow, clumsy, or dragging about it.