saltire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: saltire	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for saltire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saltire n a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length Synonym(s): St. Andrew's cross, 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.