Look up: sabot

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   Sabot
   A sabot is a wooden shoe. They are worn in France and Holland where they are made large enough to be lined with straw or hay.
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   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 centrefire bullets.
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   sabot
   [n] - a shoe carved from a single block of wood
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   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
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   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 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.
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   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 the groove of the rifling. ... Origin: F. ... Source: W ...
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   sabot
   noun a shoe carved from a single block of wood
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   Sabot
   A `sabot` (pronounced `sah-boh`) refers to a device named for a shoe used in a firearm or cannon to fire a projectile or bullet that is smaller than the bore diameter. Since a strong seal is needed to trap propellant gasses behind the projectile, and keep the projectile centered in the barrel, something is needed to fill the gap between projectile and barrel, which is the role of the sabot. Firing a small size projectile wrapped in a sabot raises...
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   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, Sweden, and some other European countries.Sabot: words...
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    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 ...
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    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 ...
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    Sabot
    A French term for the gilt-bronze 'shoe' at the bottom of furniture legs.
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    sabot
    
    1. a shoe carved from a single block of wood
    2. footwear usually with wooden soles
    
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