2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sabot \Sa`bot"\ (s[.a]`b[=o]"), n. [F.] 1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sabot n 1: a shoe carved from a single block of wood [syn: {wooden shoe}] 2: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: {clog}, {geta}, {patten}]
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