sab|ot

sab|ot «SAB oh; French sa BOH», noun.

1. a shoe hollowed out of a single piece of wood, worn by peasants in France, Belgium, and other European countries.

2. a coarse leather shoe with a thick wooden sole.

3. a cuplike cap fitted to the base of a shell or other projectile to position it correctly in the barrel, prevent the escape of gases, and make contact with the rifling.

╂[< French sabot < Old French çabot, alteration of unrecorded çavate old shoe (influenced by bot, or botte boot), perhaps < Arabic ā sandal, shoe]