SABOT

clog, geta, patten, sabot

(noun) footwear usually with wooden soles

sabot, wooden shoe

(noun) a shoe carved from a single block of wood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sabot (plural sabots)

A wooden shoe.

A carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel

Anagrams

• basto, boast, boats

Source: Wiktionary


Sa`bot", n. Etym: [F.]

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

2. (Mil.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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