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sabot

/ˈsæbəʊ/US/ˈseɪboʊ/

sabot noun: a wooden shoe.

sabot: a wooden shoe
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Noun

sabot (plural sabots)

  1. A wooden shoe.
    • She was a tiny little woman and wore big sabots and a big scoop.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 8
  2. A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.
    • discarding sabot

Verb

sabot (third-person singular simple present sabots, present participle saboting, simple past and past participle saboted)

  1. (transitive) To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot.

sabot meaning in Kannada, Assamese, Tagalog and Arabic

sabot in Kannada

ಮರದ ಮೆಟ್ಟು, ಮರದ ಕೆರ

sabot in Assamese

a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
খৰম khorom

sabot in Tagalog

a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
bakya

sabot in Arabic

a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
قَبْقَاب qabqāb

Forms of sabot

Noun
pluralsabots
Verb
third-person singular presentsabots
present participlesaboting
past participlesaboted
pastsaboted

Origin of sabot

Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta.

Words formed from sabot

Questions about sabot

What does sabot mean?
Sabot means a wooden shoe.
What is sabot in Kannada?
Sabot in Kannada is ಮರದ ಮೆಟ್ಟು, ಮರದ ಕೆರ. See Sabot meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is sabot?
Sabot can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce sabot?
Sabot is pronounced /ˈsæbəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of sabot?
The plural of sabot is sabots.

Words near sabot in the dictionary

  1. Sabora
  2. Saboraic
  3. Saboraim
  4. Saborsko
  5. sabos
  6. sabot
  7. sabotage
  8. sabotageable
  9. sabotaged
  10. sabotager
  11. sabotagers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sabot (page history and authors); sabot (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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