sabot
Americannoun
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a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
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a shoe with a thick wooden sole and sides and a top of coarse leather.
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Military.
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a wooden or metal disk formerly attached to a projectile in a muzzleloading cannon.
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a soft metal ring at the base of a projectile that makes the projectile conform to the rifling grooves of a gun.
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noun
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a shoe made from a single block of wood
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a shoe with a wooden sole and a leather or cloth upper
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a lightweight sleeve in which a subcalibre round is enclosed in order to make it fit the rifling of a firearm. After firing the sabot drops away
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a small sailing boat with a shortened bow
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Origin of sabot
1600–10; < French, Old French çabot, blend of savate old shoe (of uncertain origin; akin to Old Provençal sabata, Italian ciabatta, Spanish zapato ) and bot boot 1
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Sabo, who uses a pseudonym derived from a tank munition called sabot, is selling prints of the poster for $25 on his website.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2017
Sabo – a pseudonym derived from a tank munition called sabot – made his breakthrough in the GOP primaries with a poster of Ted Cruz as a tattooed, muscled convict.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2017
"Is a shoe-throwing journalist who tries to undermine authority a sabot auteur or a saboteur?"
From Slate ● May 9, 2013
Pair a rifled shotgun with premium sabot or attached-wad slugs and you can cleanly take deer at 125 yards or more.
From Time Magazine Archive
One was a perfect staple, another the letter "L," another like an axe-head, and one like a peasant's sabot.
From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth
Their feet are shod in clogs, sabots, backless loafers, espadrilles with crushable heels and various other iterations of shoes with a covered toe and open back.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
If Jacques were around today—he popped his sabots in 1982—he would choke on his croque monsieur.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2013
Their wooden sabots clacked in joyous folk dances.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Wynaendts-Francken of Holland, relative of Edward Bok, went about in the mud wearing sabots.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a few minutes she appeared, attired in a short, rusty-black skirt, sabots on her feet, and a black woollen shawl over her head and shoulders.
From France by Home, Gordon Cochrane
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