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sabot

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noun/ˈsæbəʊ//ˈsæbət//ˈseɪboʊ/
  1. 1

    A wooden shoe.

    • She was a tiny little woman and wore big sabots and a big scoop.
  2. 2

    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
verb/ˈsæbəʊ//ˈsæbət//ˈseɪboʊ/
  1. 1

    To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot.transitive

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