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—saboted /sa bohd", sab"ohd/, adj./sab"oh/; Fr. /sann boh"/, n., pl. sabots /sab"ohz/; Fr. /sann boh"/.1. a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn esp. 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. Mil.a. a wooden or metal disk formerly attached to a projectile in a muzzleloading cannon.b. a soft metal ring at the base of a projectile that makes the projectile conform to the rifling grooves of a gun.[1600-10; < F, OF çabot, b. savate old shoe (of uncert. orig.; akin to OPr sabata, It ciabatta, Sp zapato) and bot BOOT]
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▪ footwearheavy work shoe worn by European peasants, especially in France and the Low Countries. There are two kinds of sabots: one is shaped and hollowed from a single piece of wood (called klompen by the Dutch); the other is a heavy leather shoe with a wooden sole.Variations of the sabot—wooden-soled shoes topped with a variety of materials such as leather and suede—became popular in the second half of the 20th century. The sabotine was a makeshift shoe of wood and leather that was worn during World War I.* * *
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