sabot

American  

[sab-oh, sa-boh] / ˈsæb oʊ, saˈboʊ /

noun

plural

sabots

1. a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.

2. a shoe with a thick wooden sole and sides and a top of coarse leather.

3. Military.

   1. a wooden or metal disk formerly attached to a projectile in a muzzleloading cannon.

   2. a soft metal ring at the base of a projectile that makes the projectile conform to the rifling grooves of a gun.

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sabot British  

/ ˈsæbəʊ, sabo /

noun

1. a shoe made from a single block of wood

2. a shoe with a wooden sole and a leather or cloth upper

3. 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

4. a small sailing boat with a shortened bow

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Other Word Forms

• saboted adjective

Etymology

Origin of sabot

1600–10; < French, Old French çabot, blend of savate old shoe (of uncertain origin; akin to Old Provençal sabata, Italian ciabatta, Spanish zapato ) and bot boot ¹

Example Sentences

Sabo, who uses a pseudonym derived from a tank munition called sabot, is selling prints of the poster for $25 on his website.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2017

Sabo – a pseudonym derived from a tank munition called sabot – made his breakthrough in the GOP primaries with a poster of Ted Cruz as a tattooed, muscled convict.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2017

"Is a shoe-throwing journalist who tries to undermine authority a sabot auteur or a saboteur?"

From Slate • May 9, 2013

Pair a rifled shotgun with premium sabot or attached-wad slugs and you can cleanly take deer at 125 yards or more.

From Time Magazine Archive

The boy drew pictures in the loose sand with the toe of his sabot and brushed them away one after the other.

From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood

Related Words

• disc
• plate
• platter