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Definitions for Sabot

[1] a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
[2] a shoe with a thick wooden sole and sides and a top of coarse leather.
[3] Military . a wooden or metal disk formerly attached to a projectile in a muzzleloading cannon. a soft metal ring at the base of a projectile that makes the projectile conform to the rifling grooves of a gun.
[4] a shoe made from a single block of wood
[5] a shoe with a wooden sole and a leather or cloth upper
[6] a lightweight sleeve in which a subcalibre round is enclosed in order to make it fit the rifling of a firearm. After firing the sabot drops away
[7] Australian a small sailing boat with a shortened bow

Words related to Sabot

plate, platter, disc, shell, dish, circle, discus, quoit, flan, saucer, discoid

Words nearby Sabot

sable, sable antelope, sable island pony, sablefish, sabora, sabot, sabotage, saboteur, sabra, sabre, sabre-rattling

Origin of Sabot

1600–10; < French, Old French çabot, blend of savate old shoe (of uncertain origin; akin to Old Provençal sabata, Italian ciabatta, Spanish zapato ) and bot boot1

Other words from Sabot

sa·boted [sa-bohd , sab -ohd] /sæˈboʊd, ˈsæb oʊd/ , adjective

Word origin for Sabot

C17: from French, probably from Old French savate an old shoe, also influenced by bot boot 1 ; related to Italian ciabatta old shoe, Old Provençal sabata

Synonyms for Sabot

disc, plate, platter, circle, discus, dish, flan, quoit, saucer, shell, discoid, discoidal