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SABOT
(sa-BOH)
A
wooden shoe worn in various European countries
Common
clues: Wooden
shoe; Clunky shoe; Cousin of a clog; Clog kin; Dutch shoe
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
2 times a year
Video:
The Clog
Dance
A
clog is a type of footwear traditionally worn by workers as
protective clothing in factories, mines and farms.
There
are various types of clog. Traditional clogs are shoes or sandals
made predominantly out of wood, and are associated with the
Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Northern England, Galicia,
Lithuania and Sweden. They can also be a type of heavy boot or
shoe with sides, uppers and typically thick wooden soles, and may
have steel toecaps and/or steel reinforcing inserts in the
undersides of the soles.
A
clog can also be a special kind of shoe worn while clog-dancing
(clogging). They are similar to tap shoes, but the taps are free
to click against each other, therefore producing a different
sound than tap shoes.
Nowadays,
"clogs" also mean comfortable slip-on shoes. They are
often made out of leather, but some clogs keep the bottom part
out of wood. All-rubber clogs are often worn while gardening,
because they can be easily hosed off and allowed to air-dry. Some
clogs come with heels, and are usually distinguished from mules
by their higher vamp. It is commonly accepted that men and women
can wear low-heeled or high-heeled clogs
The
French wooden shoe or clog (sabot) was, in the 18th and 19th
century, associated with the lower classes. During this period,
the years of the Industrial Revolution, the word sabotage gained
currency. Allegedly derived from sabot, sabotage described the
actions of disgruntled workers who willfully damaged workplace
machinery by throwing their sabots into the works. However,
according to some accounts, sabot-clad workers were simply
considered less productive than others who had switched to
leather shoes, roughly equating the term "sabotage"
with "inefficiency".
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SABOT
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44 Tu >1 06 Wooden shoe
6
Th >1 05 Clunky shoe
5
Fr- NYT 09 Cousin of a clog
2
Th >1 98 Clog kin
2
Th >1 04 Clog's cousin
2
We >1 00 Dutch shoe
2
Th- >1 06 Heavy shoe
2
Sa- >1 06 Thick-soled shoe
1
Th NYT 87 Brinker footwear
09
Carved footwear
1
Sa NYT 96 Clog CHOKE DAMUP JAMUP
1
We CSy 09 Clog cousin
1
Th LAT 96 Flanders foot cover
1
Th NYT 74 Footgear
07
Footwear carved of wood
1
We CSy 09 French peasant's shoe
1
We CSy 05 Peasant shoe
1
Th WaP 99 Vandalizer's footwear
1
Th NYT 03 Wooden footwear
1
Th CHE 09 Wooden shoe worn by peasants
1
We NYT 04 Wooden-soled shoe
1
We NYT 94 Work shoe
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