sabot

Carved peasant footwear

A sabot is a wooden shoe carved from a single block, traditionally worn by peasants in France and other parts of Europe.

The word extends to any shoe with a thick wooden sole.

In military contexts, a sabot is a lightweight casing that holds a projectile inside a gun barrel, falling away after firing to let the narrower round fly faster: sabot rounds, armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot.

artillery

shell

Hard outer covering

casingEnclosing cover or frame
discardingRemoving what's unwanted
armor-piercingDefeats protective plating

projectile · round · ballistics · munition · kinetic · penetrator · cartridge · sleeve · carrier · propellant

sabotage

disruption

Forceful interruption of process

resistanceCapacity to withstand force
machineryCollective mechanical equipment
wrenchTool for turning fasteners

deliberate · factory · Luddite · protest · industrial · obstruction · destruction · labor · mill · loom

clog

wooden

Made from timber

DutchOf the Netherlands
carvedCut to create form
traditionalFollowing long-held customs

Netherlands · Breton · artisan · peasant · folklore · costume · heritage · slip-on · rustic · birch

sabot

shell

disruption

wooden

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