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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sabot \Sa`bot"\ (s[.a]`b[=o]"), n. [F.]
1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France,
Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
2. (Mil.) 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sabot
n : footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: {clog}, {geta}, {patten}]
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