SALTIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saltire mean? 

• SALTIRE (noun)
  The noun SALTIRE has 1 sense:

1. a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length

  Familiarity information: SALTIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALTIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

saltire; St. Andrew's cross

Hypernyms ("saltire" is a kind of...):

Cross (a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry)

 Context examples 

The roof was poor and thatched; but in strange contrast to it there ran all along under the eaves a line of wooden shields, most gorgeously painted with chevron, bend, and saltire, and every heraldic device.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)