salt horse

American  

noun

Nautical Slang.

1. salted beef; salt junk.

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Etymology

Origin of salt horse

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

"How far is this cave of yours, you are taking us to, old salt horse?" said Juarez insolently, and utterly unwise.

From Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power by Roosevelt, Wyn

Then we pulled ourselves together and cooked coffee and salt horse.

From The Mystery by White, Stewart Edward

Though he might have been a bad man, all was not lost if he could bake beans well, and boil the salt horse or corned mule that soldiers had to eat, so they were appetizing.

From How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)

"Get a little salt horse and sea biscuit down for a foundation, and you can build up on that the finest thing in the way of a meal you ever saw."

From Bob the Castaway by Webster, Frank V.

Oh, there was a small beaker of water, a little salt horse, and some salt-water-soaked sea biscuit - enough to keep us alive to Tagalag.

From The Red One by London, Jack