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

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salt horse

At noon, soups, preserved meats, or salt horse, formed the seamen's dinner, with the addition of preserved potatoes, a treat which the gallant fellows duly appreciated.

From Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 by Osborn, Sherard

I’ve seen landsmen both on board ship and ashore who could give points in that line to the scarriest old Jack-tar who ever munched salt horse, and knock him hollow at that.”

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

If I had ’em fed up a bit on salt horse and weevly biscuit I’d make ’em something like in a few weeks.

From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Piffard, Harold

Why, I gave seven men three dozen apiece for turning their noses up at salt horse, just because he whisked his tail in the copper.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

"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.