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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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