saltire
IPA: sˈɔɫtaɪr
noun
- (heraldry) An ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed.
- The Saint Andrew's cross, the flag of Scotland.
- The Saint Patrick's Cross, the pre 1922 flag of Ireland.
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Examples of "saltire" in Sentences
- Noteworthy is the adornment with saltires.
- A saltire quadrate has the square oblique.
- A saltire is an X shaped ordinary in heraldry.
- The article on saltire only capitalizes the first.
- It represents a saltire carved on a block of stone.
- The design is a variation on the saltire of St Andrew.
- The saltire divides the escutcheon into four sections.
- In the background was a Saltire flying from a flagpole.
- The Scottish Saltire is flying on the left of the picture.
- There would be no harm in having a redirect at The saltire.