sabot
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sabots
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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
To ensure maximum accuracy, the Alpha Gold 300 uses a specially designed sabot that expands to form an efficient gas seal in any muzzleloader.
From Time Magazine Archive
An earthenware cup, notched and broken, or an old sabot attached to his girdle by a cord, shows that he has come to beg for alms of wine.
From The Devil's Pool by Jane Minot Sedgwick
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
"When my sabots echo on the granite," he said, "I hear the sound, dull and strong, that I'm looking for in painting."
From Time Magazine Archive
Their wooden sabots clacked in joyous folk dances.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was in his sabots, and sabots are not good things for running.
From A Hero of Romance by Richard Marsh
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