saboted
saboted adjective: of a projectile: held in place by a sabot (carrier).
Adjective
saboted (not comparable)
- Of a projectile: held in place by a sabot (carrier).
- Wearing a sabot or sabots (shoes).
- […]the speaker suddenly claps her saboted foot down on the ground, and continues to rock and knit.1868 July, “St. Michael’s Night”, in The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics., volume XXII, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., chapter VIII, page 23
- Two swarthy peasants, male and female, who’d plainly wolfed down more than the customary quota of three square meals a day, were planting a saboted foot apiece on the nude, lily-white behind of an ample woman, her blond head circled in a crown of coins.1952, Geri Trotta, Veronica Died Monday, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, pages 29–30
Forms of saboted
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Origin of saboted
From sabot + -ed.
Words formed from saboted
Questions about saboted
- What does saboted mean?
- Saboted means of a projectile: held in place by a sabot (carrier).
- What part of speech is saboted?
- Saboted is an adjective.
Words near saboted in the dictionary
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