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Clog vs. Sabot

Clog and Sabot Definitions

Clog

An obstruction or hindrance.

Sabot

A shoe carved from a piece of wood, traditionally worn in some parts of Europe.

Clog

A weight, such as a block, attached to the leg of an animal to hinder movement.

Sabot

(săbət) A sandal or shoe, especially one with a wooden sole, that has an upper of leather or other similar material.

Clog

A heavy, traditionally wooden-soled shoe.

Sabot

A sleeve that couches a projectile of a smaller caliber within the muzzle of a larger caliber weapon in order to keep the projectile centered. The sabot normally separates and falls away from the projectile a short distance from the muzzle.
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Clog

To obstruct movement on or in; block up
Heavy traffic clogged the freeways.

Sabot

A wooden shoe.

Clog

To hamper the function or activity of; impede
"attorneys clogging our courts with actions designed to harass state and local governments" (Roslyn L. Anderson and Patricia L. Irvin).

Sabot

A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.

Clog

To become obstructed or choked up
The pipes had clogged with rust.

Sabot

(transitive) To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot.
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Clog

To thicken or stick together; clot.

Sabot

A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.

Clog

To do a clog dance.

Sabot

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.

Clog

A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.

Sabot

A shoe carved from a single block of wood
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Clog

A blockage.
The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.

Sabot

Footwear usually with wooden soles

Clog

A shoe of any type.

Clog

A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.

Clog

That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.

Clog

To block or slow passage through (often with 'up).
Hair is clogging the drainpipe.
The roads are clogged up with traffic.

Clog

To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

Clog

To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

Clog

(legal) To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.

Clog

(intransitive) To perform a clog dance.

Clog

That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression.

Clog

A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,And quits his clog.
A clog of lead was round my feet.

Clog

A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.
In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.

Clog

To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.

Clog

To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

Clog

To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
The commodities are clogged with impositions.
You 'll rue the timeThat clogs me with this answer.

Clog

To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog.

Clog

To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together.

Clog

Footwear usually with wooden soles

Clog

Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

Clog

A dance performed while wearing clogs; has heavy stamping steps

Clog

Become or cause to become obstructed;
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
The water pipe is backed up

Clog

Dance a clog dance

Clog

Impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden;
Horses were clogged until they were tamed

Clog

Impede with a clog or as if with a clog;
The market is being clogged by these operations
My mind is constipated today

Clog

Coalesce or unite in a mass;
Blood clots

Clog

Fill to excess so that function is impaired;
Fear clogged her mind
The story was clogged with too many details

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