saltbox

British  

/ ˈsɔːltˌbɒks /

noun

1. a box for salt with a sloping lid

2. a house that has two storeys in front and one storey at the back, with a gable roof that extends downwards over the rear

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Example Sentences

For decades, he and his wife lived in a 19th-century saltbox house in Stony Brook, N.Y., on the North Shore of Long Island.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

Doorbells have always had an odd aesthetic appeal to me—from the rococo plastic swoops attached to suburban McMansions to the bare gray rectangular ones on saltbox New England duplexes.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2018

Ræst, which occupies one of the oldest buildings in Tórshavn, has small wood-panelled rooms, giving it the feel of a saltbox house on Nantucket, though it is imbued with a distinctive, near-rancid smell.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

Authentic “Currier and Ives” saltbox colonial; five fireplaces, original woodwork, floors, built-ins; living and dining rooms, study, family room, in-law suite.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2017

They learn the names of the different architectural styles: cape, saltbox, raised ranch, garrison.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri