sault
sault · saults
A waterfall; a rapidA waterfall; a rapid.
US/suː/
Значение
значений: 3(Канада, США)A waterfall; a rapid.
(устаревшее)Assault.
(устаревшее)A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse.
Происхождение
Aphetic form of assault. In the sense "jump (made by a horse)", from Middle French sault,Aphetic form of assault.
In the sense "jump (made by a horse)", from Middle French sault, saut (and in the sense "waterfall", from that word's Colonial-era descendant, 17th-century French sault, corresponding to modern French saut (“jump”)), from Latin saltus.
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