Sabot, n.

(sā-bō'), n. [Fr. sabot, Pr. sabato, sabata, Sp. zapato, Pg. sapato, L. Lat. sabbatum, shoe, Bisc. zapata, id., zapatu, to tread.]

1. A kind of wooden shoe, worn by the lower classes in France and some other European countries. Bramhall.
2. (Mil.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag, and projectile are attached, in a stand of ammunition.