Sabot
English Meaning
A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
- A wooden shoe worn in some European countries.
- A sandal or shoe having a band of leather or other material across the instep.
- A lightweight carrier in which a projectile of a smaller caliber is centered so as to permit firing the projectile within a larger-caliber weapon. The carrier fills the bore of the weapon from which the projectile is fired; it is normally discarded a short distance from the muzzle.