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saltern

American

[sawl-tern] / ˈsɔl tərn /

noun

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

saltern British

/ ˈsɔːltən /

noun

another word for saltworks
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

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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

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