† ˈsalt-house Obs.
[OE. sealth{uacu}s: see salt n.1 and house n.1 Cf. OHG. salzhûs, G. salzhaus.]
A building in which salt is made or stored.
| c 1000 ælfric Colloq. in Wr.-Wülcker 185/36 Salinarium, sealthus. 1340 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 540 In sarracione plancorum pro le Saltehous. 1465–6 Ibid. 90 Pro le puyntyng super le caponhous et salthous. 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, La Saline, a salte house, where salte is made. 1601 Holland Pliny II. xxxi. x. 420 Into the salt-houses they let in sea water. 1670 [see boilery]. 1730 S. Dale Taylor's Hist. Harwich 13 note, Here is a Salt-house at which they refine Salt. |