SABOT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.

2.
n.

A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.


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