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/ˈsæl.taɪə/ · noun
(heraldry) An ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed..
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.
Use saltire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Saltire means (heraldry) An ordinary (geometric design) in the shape of an X. It usually occupies the entire field in which it is placed..
Common synonyms include crux decussata, Saint Andrew's cross.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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