sabot

Noun
Synonyms: wooden shoecloggetapatten

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a shoe carved from a single block of woodSynonyms: wooden shoe
  2. footwear usually with wooden solesSynonyms: cloggetapatten
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sabot \Sa`bot"\ (s[.a]`b[=o]"), n. [F.]

1.A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries. [1913 Webster]

2.(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. [1913 Webster]

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