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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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In a combined American-Vietnamese sweep called Coronado II, four battalions from the 9th and 25th Divisions were helilifted into the area; two others swarmed ashore from river as sault boats.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

We passed a sault that falls from a vast height.

From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Radisson, Pierre Esprit

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