A sabaton or solleret is part of a knight`s armour that covers the foot. Fourteenth and fifteenth century sabatons typically end in a tapered point well past the actual toes of the wearer`s foot, following fashionable shoe shapes of the fourteenth century. Sabatons of the first half of sixteenth century end at the tip of the toe and may be wider..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaton