sabot (sabo)

[ in mech. a socket, shoe, skid, etc., OF. sabot, cabot, F. dial. sibot sibot, chabou, abou, chabot, cabou, a wooden shoe; perhaps related to F. savate, OF. cavate, chavate = Pr. sabata = Sp. zapata, za bat a, zapato = Pg. sapato = It. ciavatta, ciabat ta, an old shoe, piece hollowed out by boring-tools and scrapers, worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, etc. (b) In parts of France, a sort of shoe consisting of a thick wooden sole with sides and Breton Sabot, with straw inserted for warmth and to serve as a cushion. top of coarse leather; a sort of clog worn in wet weather.-2. A thick circular wooden disk to which a projectile is attached so as to maintain its proper position in the bore of a gun; also, a metallic cup or disk fixed to the bottom of an elongated projectile so as to fill the bore and take the rifling when the gun is discharged.-3. A pointed iron shoe used to protect the end of a file.-4. In harp - making, one of the little disks with projecting pins by which a string is shortened when a pedal is depre ed. sabotier (sa-bo-tiā′), n. [F. sabotier, a maker of sabots, sabre, n. and v. See saber.