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sabot

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsæbəʊ/
  • UK: /ˈsæbət/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈseɪboʊ/
  • US: /sæˈboʊ/
  • rhymes with -eɪboʊ
  • rhymes with -æbəʊ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A wooden shoe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • discarding sabot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

footwear usually with wooden soles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clog, geta, patten

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: footwear, footgear

5

noun

Meaning 5

a shoe carved from a single block of wood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wooden shoe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shoe

History

Etymology

Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَبْقَاب (qabqāb) — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Assamese: খৰম (khorom) — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Bulgarian: сабо (sabo) — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Dutch: klomp — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Finnish: puukenkä — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • French: sabot — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Galician: zoca — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Galician: madreña — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Galician: galocha — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Ido: lignoshuo — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Latin: ungula — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Polish: sabot — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Polish: drewniak — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Portuguese: tamanco — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Russian: сабо́ (sabó) — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Spanish: zueco — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Spanish: zuecos — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Swedish: träsko — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Tagalog: bakya — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Ottoman Turkish: نعل (naʼl) — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Ukrainian: сабо (sabo) — a wooden shoe worn in various European countries
  • Dutch: manchet — a carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
  • Finnish: sabotti — a carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
  • Finnish: hivakka — a carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
  • Russian: поддо́н (poddón) — a carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
  • Russian: конте́йнер (kontéjner) — a carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel
  • Swedish: drivspegel — a carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel