Type of wooden shoe (5)

I believe the answer is:

sabot

(Other definitions for sabot that I've seen before include "French wooden shoe" , "Simple shoe" , "Boast (anag) - shoe" , "Carved shoe -- boats (anag)" , "footwear from Paris" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and the Universal.

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