salle

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noun

A fencing school.

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Meanings

nounsalle (plural salles)

plural salles

  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.

    2001, Nick Evangelista, Anita Evangelista, The Woman Fencer

    Synonyms: salle d'armes

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fencing school.

Origin

  1. Frenchsalle
  2. Englishsalle

Borrowed from French salle. Doublet of sala and sale.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salle.

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