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saltern

American  
[sawl-tern] / ˈsɔl tərn /

noun

  1. a saltworks.

  2. a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt.

saltern British  
/ ˈsɔːltən /

noun

  1. another word for saltworks

  2. a place where salt is obtained from pools of evaporated sea water

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Etymology

Origin of saltern

before 900; Old English sealtærn saltworks (not recorded in ME), equivalent to sealt salt 1 + ærn building, house

Example Sentences

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Writing to Farrel, he says, 'Spero capitale saltern fore judicium.'

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

Contra nullum unquam audivimus imperium, nullam civitatem non mediocriter saltern floruisse, quamdiu linguae sua gratia, suusque cultus constitit.

From On the Study of Words by Trench, Richard Chenevix

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