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

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salt-box

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

The smoke went up from an Etna of peat in front of him, played round the notches of the chimney-crook, struck against the salt-box, and got lost among the flitches.

From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

In Millais' "Lorenzo and Isabella" the salt-box is overturned upon the table, signifying that peace is broken between Isabella's brothers and their table companion.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

It may be left accessible to them in the salt-box, as in summer; or an occasional feed of grined hay or straw may be given them in warm, thawing weather, when their appetite is poor.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings

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 Ernest Rhys