Sabot
[sæbәu]
Definition
(n.) A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
(n.) 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.
Typed by Lesley
Definition
n. a wooden shoe worn by the French peasantry: a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.—n. Sabotier′ a wearer of wooden shoes: a Waldensian.
Editor: Natasha
Examples
- Woodbridge's Wire Wound Guns, Piezometer, and Shell Sabot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I tell you, they are sabots noirs, très propres, très convenables. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But, brother, they are not common sabots, such as the peasantry wear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typed by Harley