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the armored boot that walked knights through battlefields and into a Swedish metal band's name
means A piece of plate armor that covers and protects the foot, often hinged and overlapping like metal segments, worn as part of a full medieval suit.
from From Old French 'sabot,' a wooden shoe or clog — the same humble root that gives us 'sabotage' (from workers' clogs, or so the popular story goes). The armored version dressed up the peasant's footwear in steel: the 'sabaton' is essentially a fighting man's iron clog, the word likely traveling through Old Occitan 'sabata' along the way.
- foot armor
- Steel plates protecting the foot in full plate harness
- shape evolved
- Pointed in the 1400s, broad and blunt by 1500s
- band namesake
- Swedish metal band sings only of real wars
- jointed plates
- Overlapping lames flexed so wearers could actually walk
- status symbol
- Exaggerated points signaled wealth, not battlefield practicality
sabaton band — swedish heavy metal band formed in 1984, known for songs about historical battles and warfare
sabaton shoe armor — steel foot protection worn by medieval knights, designed to protect the foot and lower leg in battle