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sault

American  
[soo] / su /

noun

  1. a waterfall or rapid.


sault British  
/ suː /

noun

  1. a waterfall or rapids

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sault

1590–1600; < French; Old French saut < Latin saltus a leap. See salt 2

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As sault boats as well as Bailey bridges were used to cross swollen streams.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 3 a.m., units of the Third Army's 87th Division crossed the Moselle in as sault boats.

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One of the Picchiannis landed expertly in a chair after a triple somer sault from a teeterboard.

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From Bunia, Hoare led an armada of three outboard as sault boats up Lake Albert and took the port of Mahagi with hardly a shot fired.

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We had scarce to eat a bitt of sault meat.

From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Pierre Esprit Radisson

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