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salta|ˈsæltə|
[f. L. saltāre to leap, perh. imitating halma.]
A game played on a checkerboard of 100 squares by two persons with fifteen pieces each, with the object of occupying the opponent's side of the board.
1901Daily Express 23 Mar. 8/7 Salta is played on a board of 100 squares, each player having fifteen pieces. Ibid., Like in the first international salta tournament.., a chess master has again held his own against the draughts and salta experts who competed. 1904E. B. Tweedie Behind Footlights viii. 153 She [sc. Sarah Bernhardt]..plays Salta with her son. This game is a kind of draughts. 1969R. C. Bell Board & Table Games II. iii. 59 Salta was invented about 1900, and is played on the black squares of a continental draughtsboard of 10 × 10 squares. |