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Webster 1913 Edition


Salvo

Sal′vo

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Salvos
(#)
.
[L.
salvo jure
, literally, the right being reserved. See
Safe.
]
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
They admit many
salvos
, cautions, and reservations.
Eikon Basilike.

Sal′vo

,
Noun.
[F.
salve
a discharge of heavy cannon, a volley, L.
salve
hail, imperat. of
salvere
to be well, akin to
salvus
well. See
Safe
.]
1.
(Mil.)
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Salvo

SAL'VO

,
Noun.
[from the L. salvo jure, an expression used in reserving rights.] An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
They admit many salvos, cautions and reservations.

Definition 2024


salvò

salvò

See also: salvo and salvó

Italian

Verb

salvò

  1. third-person singular past historic of salvare

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