sauter, v.a., to leap, to leap over; to overlook, to pass over; to leave out, to skip. — un fossé; to clear a ditch. Il a sauté une phrase; he has skipped a sentence. — à pieds joints; to jump close-feet or close-legged.
sautereau (sô-trô), n.m., jack (of harpsichords).
sauterelle (sô-trèl), n.f., grasshopper, locust, gutter-skipper; (carp.) level (instrument).
saute-ruisseau, n.m., (—-—x) (game) hop-scotch; errand-boy. — de mer; squilla (sort of shrimp).
sauteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., leaper, jumper, tumbler, mountebank; (man.) vaulter; leaping-horse.
sauteuse, n.f., a kind of dance.
*sautillant, -e, adj., hopping, skipping; (fig.) jerky (of style).
*sautillement, n.m., hopping, skipping.
*sautiller, v.n., to hop, to skip, to jump about.
sautoir (sô-toar), n.m., Saint Andrew’s cross; scarf, watch-guard; (her.) saltier; (cook.) stew-pan; (horl.) jumper. En —; cross-wise, slung over the shoulder (of muskets); crossways; (her.) saltier-wise. Porter son bagage en —; to have one’s baggage slung over one’s shoulder.