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ˈsalt-pan
[Cf. Du. zoutpan, G. salzpfanne.]
a. (Usually pl.) A shallow depression near the sea into which sea-water is allowed to flow, where it evaporates, leaving a deposit of salt; in Africa, applied (after Du. zoutpan) to dried-up salt lakes or marshes.
b. A shallow vessel in which brine is evaporated in salt-making; pl., a salt-works.
1493Newminster Cartul. (Surtees) 195, iiij salt pannes standynge vp on the north syde of y⊇ water of Blyth. 1533Bellenden Livy App. (S.T.S.) II. 265 note, Salynis ar callit certane places besyd þe se quhair þe salt Is made. We call þame salt pannys. 1573Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 265 Havand commissioun of the rest of awnars of the salt pannis of Dysert. 1708J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 11 The best Coals are best for the Salt Pans and Salt too, and make most and best Salt. 1748Brownrigg Art of Making Salt 52 The salt pans are made of an oblong form, flat at the bottom, with the sides erected at right angles. 1785G. Forster tr. Sparrman's Voy. Cape G. Hope II. 14 A good mile and a half from the river, we met with the capital Zout-pan, or Salt-pan. 1857Livingstone Trav. iv. 78 In every salt-pan in the country there is a spring of water on one side. 1883F. Day Indian Fish 9 (Fish. Exhib. Publ.) The salt used there costing about threepence per 822/7 lb. weight, whereas in the contiguous British territory it stood at the salt-pans at about four shillings. |