sault
Americannoun
noun
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.
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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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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.
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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 passed a sault that falls from a vast height.
From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Radisson, Pierre Esprit
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