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Look up: sabot

  1. sabot
    [n] - a shoe carved from a single block of wood
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. sabot
    lightweight carrier in which a subcalibre projectile is centred to permit firing the projectile in the larger calibre weapon. The carrier fills the bore of the weapon from which the projectile is fired; it is normally discarded a short distance from the muzzle Category: Defense
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Sabot
    Sa`bot' (sȧ`bō') noun [ French] 1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries. 2. (Mil.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/1

  4. sabot
    1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries. ... 2. A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take th...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. sabot
    noun a shoe carved from a single block of wood
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Sabot
    • (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling. • (n.) A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Swed...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. sabot
    (from the article `artillery`) ...of tungsten led to their abandonment after 1942. In 1944 Britain perfected `discarding-sabot` projectiles, in which a tungsten core was supported ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/2

  8. sabot
    heavy work shoe worn by European peasants, especially in France and the Low Countries. There are two kinds of sabots: one is shaped and hollowed ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/2

  9. Sabot
    [dinghy] The Sabot is a sailing dinghy that is sailed and raced singlehandedly usually by young sailors in various places around the world. The boat was suitable for amateur production. Early models were usually made in plywood. More recent models have been made in fibreglass. Variations on ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot_(ding

  10. Sabot
    A sabot (oʊ {respell|SAY|boh} or oʊ {respell|SAB|oh}) is a device used in a firearm or cannon to fire a projectile, such as a bullet, that is smaller than the bore diameter, or which must be held in a precise position. The term is also applied to a battery stub case, a device used similarly to ma...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot

  11. Sabot
    A French term for the gilt-bronze 'shoe' at the bottom of furniture legs.
    Found on http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_

  12. sabot
    • a shoe carved from a single block of wood
    • footwear usually with wooden soles

    Found on

  13. Sabot
    Sabot is a lightweight carrier surrounding a heavier projectile of reduced calibre, allowing a firearm to shoot ammunition for which it is not chambered. For example, a hunter could use his .30-30 deer rifle to shoot small game with .22 centre fire bullets. SABOT is a type of armour-piercing ammunit...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Sabot
    A sabot is a wooden shoe. They were formerly worn in France and Holland where they are made large enough to be lined with straw or hay.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. Sabot
    Wooden base for fixed ammunition.
    Found on http://www.napoleonguide.com/glossary.ht

  16. Sabot
    [newspaper] Sabot was a brief-lived underground newspaper published in Seattle, Washington by the Seattle Liberation Front from September 11, 1970 to January 13, 1971. Sixteen weekly issues were published in all. The paper was started as a replacement for the Seattle Helix which had publishe...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot_(news

  17. Sabot
    [shoe] A sabot is a clog from France. Sabots are whole feet clogs. Sabots were in the 16th to 19th centuries, associated with the lower classes. During this period, the years of the Industrial Revolution, the word sabotage gained currency. Allegedly derived from sabot, sabotage described the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot_(shoe

  18. sabot
    a device used in a firearm to fire a projectile, such as a bullet, that is smaller than the bore diameter.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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