Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sabot \Sa`bot"\ (s[.a]`b[=o]"), n. [F.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

sabot
     n 1: a shoe carved from a single block of wood [syn: {wooden shoe}]
     2: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: {clog}, {geta}, {patten}]