sabot

(sa bō, sabō)

noun

    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
  1. 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

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

See sabot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A wooden shoe worn in some European countries.
  2. (săbˈət) A sandal or shoe having a band of leather or other material across the instep.
  3. A lightweight carrier in which a projectile of a smaller caliber is centered so as to permit firing the projectile within a larger-caliber weapon. The carrier fills the bore of the weapon from which the projectile is fired; it is normally discarded a short distance from the muzzle.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French çabot

Origin: , alteration of savate, old shoe

Origin: , probably of Turkish or Arabic origin

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