sabot n also sawboo* [phonetics unavailable]. Big, clumsy shoe or boot; rubber boot cut off at the ankle (P 245-56).
T 145-65 The kids had to go with what we call today thigh rubbers or hip rubbers, cut off, just enough left for them to put their feet into. The old name of that time would be sawboos. C 67-6 ~s. A pair of boots (shoes, rubbers, sneakers, etc) which look rather odd on the person's feet, usually by being too big for him.
