Definition of: sabot

(sab′ō, Fr. sá·bō′) noun
1. A wooden shoe, as of a French peasant.
2. A shoe having a wooden sole but flexible shank. See GETA.
3. A disk formerly attached to a projectile to cause it to maintain its position in the bore of a firearm or to take the rifling of the gun. [<F <OF sabot, alter. of savate an old shoe, ult. <Arabic sabbāt a sandal; infl. in form by bot a boot]