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ˈsalt-pond
A natural or artificial pond into which sea-water is run in order to be evaporated: cf. salt-pan a.
1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 49 On the South side..is a good Salt-pond, where Dutch Sloops come for Salt. 1748Anson's Voy. i. vi. 69 We..sent an Officer on shore to the salt-pond..to procure a quantity of salt. 1836Earl Carnarvon Portugal & Gallicia II. 38 The salt-ponds, which are situated in the immediate neighbourhood of the sea. 1883C. A. Moloney W. African Fisheries 48 (Fish. Exhib. Publ.) The many ‘salt ponds’ [Note, Brackish inlets or salt-water lakes] adjacent to the African coast line. |