saltern

[ sawl-tern ]

noun
  1. a saltworks.

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

Origin of saltern

1
before 900; Old English sealtærn saltworks (not recorded in ME), equivalent to sealtsalt1 + ærn building, house

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saltern

/ (ˈsɔːltən) /


noun
  1. another word for saltworks

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

Origin of saltern

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

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