Meanings
nounsabot (plural sabots)
plural sabots
- 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
verbsabot (third-person singular simple present sabots, present participle saboting, simple past and past participle saboted)
present singular third person sabots · participle present saboting · participle past saboted · past saboted
- transitiveTo enclose (a projectile) in a sabot.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchsabot
- Englishsabot
Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَبْقَاب
- قَبْقَاب (qabqāb)a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Bulgarian сабо
- сабо (sabo)a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Dutch klomp, manchet
- klompa wooden shoe worn in various European countries
- mancheta carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
Finnish puukenkä, sabotti
- puukenkäa wooden shoe worn in various European countries
- sabottia carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
- hivakkaa carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
French sabot
- sabota wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Latin ungula
- ungulaa wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Polish sabot, drewniak
- sabota wooden shoe worn in various European countries
- drewniaka wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Portuguese tamanco
- tamancoa wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Russian сабо́, поддо́н
- сабо́ (sabó)a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
- поддо́н (poddón)a carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
- конте́йнер (kontéjner)a carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
Spanish zueco, zuecos
- zuecoa wooden shoe worn in various European countries
- zuecosa wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Swedish träsko, drivspegel
- träskoa wooden shoe worn in various European countries
- drivspegela carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
Tagalog bakya
- bakyaa wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Ukrainian сабо
- сабо (sabo)a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sabot
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Cite this entry
APA
sabot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabot
MLA
“sabot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabot. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sabot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sabot.
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