† saultableadj.

Forms: Also 1500s sawtable, sautable, 1600s saltable.

Etymology: < sault v.¹ + -able suffix.

Obsolete.

1. = assaultable adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > capable of being attacked

assaultable1548

saultable1556

assailable1589

batterable1611

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxv Ere they could anie peece of the walles batter To make it sawtable.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1357 Certayne..souldiers..mountyng the top of the breache brought report that the place was saultable.

a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden v. i. 89 in Five New Playes (1659) The enemie made saltable six hundred paces there.

2. Capable of being used in assaults.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > type of, generally

steel1340

invasible1489

saultable1570

expugnatory1601

long-handled1611

shaftless1811

incendiary1871

conventional1955

targetable1972

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 353/1 He beganne to geue sharpe assaultes [on the city], with all maner of saultable engins.

1596 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 5) I. 306/2 With ensignes and other munition sautable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	saultable
释义	† saultableadj. Forms: Also 1500s sawtable, sautable, 1600s saltable. Etymology: < sault v.¹ + -able suffix. Obsolete. 1. = assaultable adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > capable of being attacked assaultable1548 saultable1556 assailable1589 batterable1611 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxv Ere they could anie peece of the walles batter To make it sawtable. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1357 Certayne..souldiers..mountyng the top of the breache brought report that the place was saultable. a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden v. i. 89 in Five New Playes (1659) The enemie made saltable six hundred paces there. 2. Capable of being used in assaults. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > type of, generally steel1340 invasible1489 saultable1570 expugnatory1601 long-handled1611 shaftless1811 incendiary1871 conventional1955 targetable1972 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 353/1 He beganne to geue sharpe assaultes [on the city], with all maner of saultable engins. 1596 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 5) I. 306/2 With ensignes and other munition sautable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1556
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