saboted

adj — 2 senses

saboted

adj

Etymology From sabot + -ed.

1

Of a projectile: held in place by a sabot (carrier).

2

Wearing a sabot or sabots (shoes).

  • […]the speaker suddenly claps her saboted foot down on the ground, and continues to rock and knit.1868 July, “St. Michael’s Night”, in The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics., volume XXII, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., chapter VIII, page 23:
  • Two swarthy peasants, male and female, who’d plainly wolfed down more than the customary quota of three square meals a day, were planting a saboted foot apiece on the nude, lily-white behind of an ample woman, her blond head circled in a crown of coins.1952, Geri Trotta, Veronica Died Monday, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, pages 29–30:
1 more example
  • A cheerful Dutch motif of saboted children,[…]1968, Modern Packaging, page 133:
Derived terms
unsaboted

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