saltire

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  1. noun Heraldry An ordinary in the shape of a Saint Andrew's cross, formed by the crossing of a bend and a bend sinister.

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  • Here was the undersized saltire, the blue and white flag of Scotland, he had bought for his father when he had stopped off for a weekend in Edinburgh on his way home from Frankfurt, just last summer. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 03 - September 2002
  • A PLEA for the saltire to be displayed behind the presiding officer's chair in the Scottish Parliament has been passed on by MSPs to Holyrood bosses.
  • I believe that everyone in Scotland - every party in Scotland - has the right to celebrate the saltire as a symbol of their Scottishness. —  Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • Kitted out in Welsh red dragon coat trimmed with saltire and cross of St George, Bryn led the lusty crowd in Rule, —  Evening Standard - Home
  • A Tory spokesman hit out at the SNP's decision to place so much emphasis on the saltire on its conference literature.
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  1. Middle English sautour, from Old French saultoir, stile, from saulter, to jump, from Latin saltāre; see saltation.
 

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