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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

Synonyms

All synonyms

clogcloggetapattenwooden shoe

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

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