sabot

sabot


sa·bot    Audio Help   (sā-bō', sāb'ō)   

n.  
  1. A wooden shoe worn in some European countries.

  2. (sāb'ət) A sandal or shoe having a band of leather or other material across the instep.

  3. 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.


[French, from Old French çabot, alteration of savate, old shoe, probably of Turkish or Arabic origin.]
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