/ˈsæbəʊ/, /ˈseɪboʊ/
OriginEarly 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta.
- A wooden shoe.
“She was a tiny little woman and wore big sabots and a big scoop.”
- A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.
- transitiveTo enclose (a projectile) in a sabot.
Formssabots(plural) · sabots(present, singular, third-person) · saboting(participle, present) · saboted(participle, past) · saboted(past)