sabatine

English

Etymology

From Middle English sabatin, Latin sabatēnum; compare sabaton.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsæbəˌtin/

Noun

sabatine (plural sabatines)

1. (historical, obsolete) A kind of metal shoe, worn as part of a suit of armor.

   Synonyms: sabaton, solleret

   • 1842, S. R. Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II: Ill. by a Series of Illuminated Engravings : with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages, page 202:

     They have the queue, and the sabatines, and their thighs are protected by sockets. […] They have sockets on their saddles, and sabatines on their feet, with queues to their back-plates.

   • 1867, Henry Godwin, The English Archæologist's Handbook, page 264:

     Sabatines, or steel clogs, with which long-rowelled spurs were worn.

   • 1867 December 7, The Builder, page 883:

     A knight of the reign of Henry VI. was not fully equipped without fifteen pieces of war-gear, beginning with his sabatines, or steel clogs with long rowelled spurs, […]

See also

• Sabbatine

Further reading

• John William Mollett (1883) An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology, page 286: “Sabatines, O. E. (1) Steel armour for the feet; 16th century. (2) Slippers, or clogs.”

Portuguese

Verb

sabatine

1. inflection of sabatinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative