Meanings
plural salles
- 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.
2001, Nick Evangelista, Anita Evangelista, The Woman FencerSynonyms: salle d'armes
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fencing school.
Origin
- Frenchsalle
- Englishsalle
Borrowed from French salle. Doublet of sala and sale.
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salle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salle
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