sabaton

[ sab-uh-ton ]

noun

, Armor.

1. a foot defense of mail or of a number of lames with solid toe and heel pieces.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sabaton¹

1300–50; Middle English < Old Provençal, equivalent to sabat ( a ) shoe + -on augmentative suffix. See sabot

Example Sentences

Some writers use the term Sabaton for the foot-defence of this period.

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