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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sabot" Quotes from Famous Books

... necessary to account for the unsubstantial appearance of these shadows of men, and has hinted at their want of solid food, in the bare bones of beef hung up in the window, the inscription on the alehouse sign, "Soup maigre au Sabot Royal," and the spider-like officer roasting four frogs which he has impaled upon his sword. Such light and airy diet is whimsically opposed by the motto on the standard, which two of the most ...

— The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings - With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency • John Trusler

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