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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Salvo

/sălʹvō/ · Sal·vo · IPA /ˈsælvoʊ/
01 n. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
pl. Salvos ((#))
  1. 1.
    An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
    “They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations.” — Eikon Basilike.
02 n. A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
  1. 1.
    A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.(Mil.)
  2. 2.
    A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.