Salle

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fencing school.

    "Your local fencing salle is a good place to relax and unwind and let the cares of the day take a backseat for a while. Meeting someone on the fencing strip, blade in hand, can become your only concern for two or three hours a couple of times a week."

Example

More examples

"We sat in the Strasbourg salle-à-manger arguing the question for half an hour."

Etymology

Borrowed from French salle. Doublet of sala and sale.

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