Sabot (shoe)

Sabots are either whole-foot clogs or a heavy leather shoe with a wooden sole.

An alleged etymology describes the actions of disgruntled workers who willfully damaged workplace machinery by throwing their sabots into the works.

[2] The American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner settled in France and one of his paintings depicts sabot manufacture.

The picture, The Young Sabot Maker, is now on display in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

During World War II, 45,000 pairs of sabot were made in Jersey during the occupation of the island from 1940–45.