1. A wooden shoe worn in some European countries. 2. (sbt) A sandal or shoe having a band of leather or other material across the instep. 3. A lightweight carrier in which a projectile of a smaller caliber is centered so as to permit firing the projectile within a larger-caliber 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.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French çabot, alteration of savate, old shoe, probably of Turkish or Arabic origin.
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t) A sandal or shoe having a band of leather or other material across the instep. 3. A lightweight carrier in which a projectile of a smaller caliber is centered so as to permit firing the projectile within a larger-caliber 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. 
