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sabot

/ˈsæbɒt/

/ˈsæbɑt/

Translations

sabotverb

saboted

Past Simple

saboted

Past Participle

saboting

Gerund

/ˈsæbəʊ/

/ˈsæboʊ/

Transitive verb used in ballistics meaning ‘to fit (a projectile) with a sabot’.

Synonyms

sabotnoun

sabots

/ˈsæbɒt/

/ˈsæbɑt/

сабо

She wore a pair of wooden sabots to the festival.

Она надела пару деревянных сабо на фестиваль.

Additional translations

клин

деревянная обувь

Synonyms

clog

shoe

footwear

wooden shoe

Definitions

sabotverb

To fit or equip (a projectile) with a sabot so that it can be fired accurately from a firearm of larger bore.

The technician saboted the round before loading it into the cannon.

sabotnoun

A kind of simple shoe, shaped and hollowed out from a single block of wood, traditionally worn by French and Breton peasants.

The farmer wore a pair of sabots while working in the fields.

A device that ensures the correct positioning of a projectile in a firearm, often used in artillery.

The artillery shell was fitted with a sabot to ensure it traveled accurately down the barrel.