Category:Salvo

Sal"vo, n.; pl. Salvos. Etym: [l. salvo jure, literally, the right Being reserved. See safe.]

Defn: an exception; a reservation; an excuse. They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. Eilon basilike.

Salvo Sal"vo, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.