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saltire::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | st. andrew's cross |
| Type of | cross |
Examples of saltire
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Unofficially, a plain red saltire had been used since at least the 1830s.
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Saltire Trio The Saltire, in triplicate, marking the border with England.
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The fimbriation of the cross of St George separates its red from the red of the saltire.
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The St. Patrick's Cross, as in the state flag of Alabama, is a red saltire on a white field.
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The saltire is also the flag of Tenerife, the flag of Galicia and the naval jack of Russia.
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In heraldic language, it may be blazonedazure, a saltire argent.
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Some contemporary commentators in Ireland condemned the Order's red saltire as an alien symbol.
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A nation hopes that she can become the first to unfurl the saltire over Aintree since Rubstic in 1979.
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I'll be the one with the saltire and the Mudcrutch T shirt.
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- St. Andrew's cross: a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length
- A saltire is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross, like the shape of the letter X in Roman type. The word comes from the Middle French sautoir ("stirrup"), possibly owing to the shape of the triangular areas in the design.
- The Flag of Scotland, also known as the Saint Andrew's Cross or more commonly The Saltire, is the national flag of Scotland. ...
- A cross whose arms are of equal width, which usually intersect in the centre of the flag. canton or panel they occupy, and which generally run from the upper hoist corner to the lower fly corner, and from the lower hoist corner to the upper fly corner of a flag, canton or panel - a diagonal or ...
- (sal'-teer) One of the honorable ordinaries. It is made in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, or the letter X. Its breadth should be one-third of the field. The saltire is popular in Scottish heraldry.
- [Heraldry] one of the primary ordinaries on a shield, comprising a large X across the body of the shield
- A straight, X-shaped stretcher used on chairs or tables.
- An ordinary composed of two crossed diagonal stripes, in an 'X'. Sometimes spelled Saltier.
- Diagonal cross in the form of an X
