SALIENT angle, in fortification, that whose points turn from the centre of the place. See [Fortification].
SALLE d’armes, Fr. A fencing school.
Salle d’armes dans un magazin, Fr. An armory or particular room where fire-arms, &c. are regularly disposed. Of this description is the armory in the Tower.
SALLESEE, Ind. Arbitration.
SALLIS, Ind. An arbitrator.
SALLY. See [Siege].
Sally-ports, or postern-gates, as they are sometimes called, are those underground passages, which lead from the inner to the outward works; such as from the higher flank to the lower, to the tenailles, or the communication from the middle of the curtain to the ravelin. When they are constructed for the passage of men only, they are made with steps at the entrance and outlet. They are about six feet wide, and 8¹⁄₂ feet high. There is also a gutter or sewer made under the sally-ports that are in the middle of the curtains, in order that the water which runs down the streets may pass into the ditch; but this can only be done when they are wet ditches. When sally-ports serve to carry guns through them for the out-works, instead of making them with steps, they must have a gradual slope, and be eight feet wide.
SALA-MA-NAZEER, Ind. The salutation of victory.
SALOOTER, Ind. A farrier.
SALOOTEREE, Ind. The business of a farrier.