sabot

Borrowed from French sabot, from Turkish zabata. Doublet of ciabatta.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsæbəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsæboʊ/
• Rhymes: -æbəʊ

sabot (plural sabots)

1. A wooden shoe.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 8:

     She was a tiny little woman and wore big sabots and a big scoop.

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

• basto, boast, boats

Borrowed from Turkish zabata. Compare also Spanish zapato, Italian ciabatta and Portuguese sapato.

• IPA^(key): /sa.bo/

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sabot m (plural sabots)

1. wooden shoe, clog
2. hoof

• sabot de Vénus
• sabotage
• saboter
• voir venir quelqu'un avec ses gros sabots

• “sabot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).