sabot
noun
- a kind of shoe shaped and hollowed from a single piece of wood, traditionally worn by peasants in Europe
- a heavy leather shoe with a wooden sole
- 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
See sabot in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(să-bōˈ, săbˈō)
noun- A wooden shoe worn in some European countries.
- (săbˈət) A sandal or shoe having a band of leather or other material across the instep.
- 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.
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