noun

1. 1. a kind of shoe shaped and hollowed from a single piece of wood, traditionally worn by peasants in Europe
   2. a heavy leather shoe with a wooden sole
2. a bushing or similar device fitted around or in back of a projectile, as to make it fit the bore of the gun barrel or launching tube

Etymology: Fr < OFr çabot, altered (infl. by bot, boot) < savate, shoe, via Turk < Ar sabbāṭ, sandal