sabot
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
a shoe with a thick wooden sole and sides and a top of coarse leather.
Military.
a wooden or metal disk formerly attached to a projectile in a muzzleloading cannon.
a soft metal ring at the base of a projectile that makes the projectile conform to the rifling grooves of a gun.
Origin of sabot
1Other words from sabot
- sa·boted [sa-bohd, sab-ohd], /sæˈboʊd, ˈsæb oʊd/, adjective
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How to use sabot in a sentence
Picturesque groups of saboted fisherwomen cluster round a skiff as the gleaming fish are unloaded.
Eighteen Months in the War Zone | Kate John FinziThe capped and saboted peasant women who waited on us were not more simple in their ways.
The Ways of Men | Eliot Gregory
British Dictionary definitions for sabot
/ (ˈsæbəʊ, French sabo) /
a shoe made from a single block of wood
a shoe with a wooden sole and a leather or cloth upper
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
Australian a small sailing boat with a shortened bow
Origin of sabot
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