saltern

[ sawl-tern ]

noun

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

saltern

/ ˈsɔːltən /

noun

1. another word for saltworks
2. a place where salt is obtained from pools of evaporated sea water

Word History and Origins

Origin of saltern¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of saltern¹

Old English saltærn, from salt + ærn house. Compare barn ¹, ransack

Example Sentences

The glow proceeded from the fires of the Imperial Saltern, erected at Ebensee.

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