Meaning of saltire | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
3. The Saint Patrick's Cross, the pre 1922 flag of Ireland.

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Examples

“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⟳.”

“It was early August. In the Borders, there were few signs yet of a campaign that could take⟳ Scotland out of the United Kingdom. A large Y-E-S hung in separate⟳ letters from a tree on the road from Coldstream to Kelso. There wasn't a N-O to match⟳ it, but Kelso town hall flew both the saltire and the union jack.”

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