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plural sabots
A wooden shoe. quotations examples
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
A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel. examples
third-person singular simple present sabots, present participle saboting, simple past and past participle saboted
(transitive) To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot. examples