\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.