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saltires

saltires is the plural of saltire.

Meaning of saltire

Noun

saltire (plural saltires)

  1. An ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed.
  2. The Saint Andrew's cross, the flag of Scotland.
    • But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16 – 12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2016
  3. The Saint Patrick's Cross, the pre 1922 flag of Ireland.

Questions about saltires

What is saltires the plural of?
Saltires is the plural of saltire.

Words near saltires in the dictionary

  1. saltings
  2. saltiphone
  3. saltiphones
  4. saltire
  5. saltired
  6. saltires
  7. saltirewise
  8. saltish
  9. saltishly
  10. saltishness
  11. saltland

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