Sault Definition

so͝o
noun
A waterfall or rapids.
American Heritage

(obsolete) Assault. [13th-17th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Sault

Noun

Singular:
sault
Plural:
saults

Origin of Sault

  • Obsolete French from Old French leap, waterfall somersault

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French sault, saut, from Latin saltus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Aphetic form of assault.

    From Wiktionary

Sault Sentence Examples

  • The principal lines are the Michigan Central, the Pere Marquette, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, the Grand Rapids & Indiana, the Ann Arbor, the Grand Trunk, the Chicago & North-Western, the Duluth South Shore & Atlantic, the Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste.

  • The Sault Sainte Marie canal passes two and a half times as much tonnage during the eight months it is open as the Suez canal passes in the entire year.

  • They call themselves Anishinabeg (" spontaneous men"), and the French called them Saulteurs ("People of the Falls"), from the first group of them being met at Sault Ste Marie.

  • Dunton was assisted by Richard Sault and Samuel Wesley.

  • The city is a railway centre of some importance, and is served by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, the Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault St Marie, and the Chicago & NorthWestern railways, by interurban electric lines, and by steamboat lines connecting through the Fox river with vessels on the Great Lakes.

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Words Starting With

SSASAU

Words Ending With

TLTULT

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