A member of The Beatles.
1978, Jan Morris, chapter 9, in Farewell the Trumpets, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 193
An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.
1919, “General Pershing's Story”, in Americans Defending Democracy: Our Soldiers' Own Stories, World's War Stories, Inc., page 9
On April 26 the First Division had gone into the line in the Montdidier salient on the Picardy battlefront.
The battlefronts were often no more than a few hundred yards wide, and the salients never more than a few miles deep.
An elongated protrusion of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state.
Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
Depicted in a leaping posture.
Prominent; conspicuous.
Denoting any angle less than two right angles.