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Sabot

//ˈseɪboʊ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wooden shoe.

    "She was a tiny little woman and wore big sabots and a big scoop."

  2. 2
    footwear usually with wooden soles wordnet
  3. 3
    A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.

    "discarding sabot"

  4. 4
    a shoe carved from a single block of wood wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta.

Etymology 2

Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta.

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