sault
[soo]
- a waterfall or rapid.
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Origin of sault
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If I'd done right, I should have had him took up for 'sault and battery.
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American CircusHoratio Alger Jr.
Beyond the Sault, the fascinations of the west beckoned like a siren.
Lords of the NorthA. C. Laut
The rush of waters of the great "Sault" fills the air with its roar.
A Summer's OutingCarter H. Harrison
Such is the origin of the name of the dread Sault au Rcollet.
Champlain says that it used to be called Hochelaga but now the Sault.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French RgimeWilliam Henry Atherton
sault
- Canadian a waterfall or rapids
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Word Origin
C17: from Canadian French, from French saut a leap
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Word Origin and History for sault
n.
"waterfall or rapid," c.1600, from colonial French sault, 17c. alternative spelling of saut "to leap," from Latin saltus, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)).
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