† salt-housen.
Obsolete.
A building in which salt is made or stored.
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c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 185/36 Salinarium, sealthus.
?1340–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 540 In sarracione plancorum pro le Saltehous.
1465–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 90 j nova sera emp. pro le Salthouse.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong La Saline, a salte house, where salte is made.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. x. 420 Into the salt-houses they let in sea water.
1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Boilary or Bullary of Salt, a Salt House, or Salt-pit, where Salt is boiled and made.
1730 S. Dale Taylor's Hist. & Antiq. Harwich 13 (note) Here is a Salt-house at which they refine Salt.
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