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saltern Definition

salt·ern (-tərn)

noun

saltworks

Etymology: OE sealtærn < sealt, salt + ærn, house: see ransack

saltern Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • old: On the coast, especially west of Lymington, are significant remains of old salterns ( salt workings ).

Modifies a noun

  • mound: Earlier in the 1990s, a trial excavation of a recorded saltern mound at Coombes yielded rather disappointing results.

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