salt horse


nounNautical Slang.
  1. salted beef; salt junk.

Origin of salt horse

1
First recorded in 1830–40

Words Nearby salt horse

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use salt horse in a sentence

  • "So long as you don't have to eat salt horse, you ought to consider yourself lucky," retorted Rector.

  • These consisted of three or four bags of ship's biscuit and a number of large pieces of boiled salt horse.

    My Danish Sweetheart, Volume 3 of 3 | William Clark Russell
  • A deputation waited upon the captain to protest and demand their proper rations of "salt horse."

    The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. Bullen
  • The "salt horse" which was served out for breakfast aboard the Royal James made scant appeal to the Delaware boy's appetite.

    The Black Buccaneer | Stephen W. Meader
  • They worked at the rope-tarring till suppertime, then rose wearily, stretching, and went for their salt-horse and biscuit.

    The Black Buccaneer | Stephen W. Meader