sault

[ soo ]

/ su /

noun

a waterfall or rapid.

Nearby words

sauk, sauk centre, sauk village, saul, saul of tarsus, sault, sault sainte marie, sault sainte marie canals, sault ste. marie, sault ste. marie canals, saulteaux

Origin of sault

1590–1600; < French; Old French saut < Latin saltus a leap. See salt²

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Examples from the Web for sault

I did not fear death—fear of death was left east of the Sault in those days.
Lords of the North|A. C. Laut
Two charges: 'sault and battery on the landlord of the Lion's Head, and disturbing the peace on last Wednesday night.
Her Ladyship's Elephant|David Dwight Wells
They are Christian Indians, who have come from the Sault, and there are three of them.
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha|Ellen H. Walworth
They were told that he had gone to Sault Ste. Marie and they followed the trail there but without success.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922|Various

Many words pronounced with a broad were anciently written with au; as sault, mault; and we still say, fault, vault.
A Grammar of the English Tongue|Samuel Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for sault

sault

/ (suː) /

noun

Canadian a waterfall or rapids

Word Origin for sault

C17: from Canadian French, from French saut a leap

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Word Origin and History for sault

sault

"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.)).