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noun

Sabot n.

A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.

(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.

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Etymology of 'Sabot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sabot" Quotes from Famous Books

... vigoroso, con sentimento, religioso, and a marcia fantastico. The suite called "Village Fete" is an experiment in French local color. It contains five scenes: The Peasants Going to Chapel; The Flower Girls; The Vagabonds; The Tryst; The Sabot Dance; and the Entrance of the Mayor, which ...

— Contemporary American Composers • Rupert Hughes

... would swear, were fashioned by man into roughly embossed hearts, or shells, or polished discs like rude, defaced coins. One was a perfect staple, another the letter "L," another like an axe-head, and one like a peasant's sabot. Some were almost black with iron stains, and some were set with "jewels" of quartz, but for the most part they were formless fragments of ...

— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

Words linked to "Sabot" : footwear, footgear, patten, wooden shoe