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sault

American

[soo] / su /

noun

a waterfall or rapid.

sault British

/ suː /

noun

a waterfall or rapids

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Etymology

Origin of sault

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

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

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Generalissimo Roosevelt tried a more tangible method of as sault.

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

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We passed a sault that falls from a vast height.

From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Pierre Esprit Radisson

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