Hypertext Webster Gateway: "saltire"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saltire \Sal"tire\, n. [F. sautoir, fr. LL. saltatorium a sort
of stirrup, fr. L. saltatorius saltatory. See {Saltatory},
{Sally}, v.] (Her.)
A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of
the honorable ordinaries.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
saltire
n : a cross with diagonal bars of equal length [syn: {St.
Andrew's cross}]
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