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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At 3 a.m., units of the Third Army's 87th Division crossed the Moselle in as sault boats.
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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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As sault boats as well as Bailey bridges were used to cross swollen streams.
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Generalissimo Roosevelt tried a more tangible method of as sault.
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The sault majeur of the 'high lavolt' comes at the semibreves in this tune.
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)
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