salt-box

American  

[sawlt-boks] / ˈsɔltˌbɒks /

Or saltbox

noun

1. a box in which salt is kept.

2. a type of house found especially in New England, generally two full stories high in front and one story high in back, the roof having about the same pitch in both directions so that the ridge is well toward the front of the house.

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Etymology

Origin of salt-box

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

In the past few decades, McMansions have replaced salt-box homes that could have been easily picked up and moved away from the water, Jennings noted.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2014

Over where she sat, jutted out the "brace" well lined with bacon; to the right hung a well-scoured salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little paneless window to admit the light.

From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest

But that was not the worst, for she got round with the salt-box, which she considered an extra European touch, and turned my stew into sea-water.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Hearing her brother's name, Drusilla leaned over across the salt-box and said: "I pray you, Master Pym, can you tell me what hath kept my brother so late in Plymouth?"

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

‘Raich down the salt-box, Nell,’ says the man o’ the house to his wife.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert