St. Bernard

[seynt ber-nahrd, san ber-nar]

noun

1. Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8,108 feet (2,470 meters) high.

2. Little, a mountain pass between SE France and NW Italy, in the Alps, S of Mont Blanc. 7,177 feet (2,185 meters) high.

3. one of a breed of very large dogs having a massive head and a dense coat, bred in the Swiss Alps as guide dogs and used to rescue lost, snowbound travelers.

Example Sentences

St. Bernard 43, La Serna 39: The Vikings improved to 2-0 behind Brandon Granger, who had 23 points and seven steals.

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St. Bernard 81, Claremont 56: Brandon Granger led St. Bernard with a 30-point performance.

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They had visited Hadrian's Wall, and Mount St Bernard Abbey, and spent the night before the collision in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.

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After taking her vows, she returned to California and became an elementary school teacher, first at St. Bernard School in Glassell Park before moving in 1946 to St. Charles Borromeo School in North Hollywood, where she also coached several sports including basketball.

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Brett Steigh, the money man whose contributions helped the demise of high school football programs at Narbonne, St. Bernard and Bishop Montgomery, is now paying to sponsor a nine-game television schedule by LA36 despite disapproval from City Section commissioner Vicky Lagos.

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