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

They haunted houses, concealed in the salt-box, the butter-tub, or some other hiding-place; they spied upon the people of the house, and watched for the opportunity to tempt them and lead them into evil.

From The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 by Stewart, D. B.

Also music's ministrants,—the lute, the horn, the fiddle, the pipe, the gong, the viol, the salt-box, the tambourine and the triangle, make a dead-wall dream of festive harmonies!

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

He was so small that his mother used to put him on the table to play; and once she found him in the salt-box.

From The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations by Unknown

When you seize at the salt-box   Over the hedge you'll see him sail.

From Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir