1. (n.)St. Bernard Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps. 8108 ft. (2470 m) high.
2. St. Bernard Little, a mountain pass between SE France and NW Italy, in the Alps, S of Mont Blanc. 7177 ft. (2185 m) high.
Definitions of 'st. bernard'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. st. bernard the name of two mountain passes in the Alps: 1, Great St. Bernard, in the Pennine Alps, leading from Martigny to Aosta, is 8120 ft. high, near the top of which stands a famous hospice, founded in 962, and kept by Augustinian monks, who, with the aid of dogs called of St. Bernard, do noble service in rescuing perishing travellers from the snow; 2, Little St. Bernard, in the Graian Alps, crosses the mountains which separate the valleys of Aosta and Tarantaise in Savoy. Hannibal is supposed to have crossed the Alps by this pass.