saltern
[ sawl-tern ]
noun
a saltworks.
a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt.
Origin of saltern
1before 900; Old English sealtærn saltworks (not recorded in ME), equivalent to sealtsalt1 + ærn building, house
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How to use saltern in a sentence
It has a new church, of a neat design; and is noted for its extensive salterns, and convenient haven.
Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight | George BrannonSoon after leaving Guérande the road descends into a wide plain covered with pits and salterns.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe
British Dictionary definitions for saltern
saltern
/ (ˈsɔːltən) /
noun
another word for saltworks
a place where salt is obtained from pools of evaporated sea water
Origin of saltern
1Old English saltærn, from salt + ærn house. Compare barn 1, ransack
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