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saltbox

noun

Etymology

From salt + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as saltbox — “salt + box”

Definitions

  1. A box for keeping salt in.

  2. A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.

    • [O]ne who had heard without seeing the application, would have mistaken the sound for that of a salt-box, in the hand of a dext'rous Merry Andrew, belonging to one of the booths at Bartholomew Fair.

  3. A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind,…

    A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England.

    • Rather than build new homes, weekenders are renovating existing homes, with saltboxes and capes predominant.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.

    2. The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death.

      • “I think I'd rather languish in the Salt Box at Newgate Prison wearing the Devil's Claws than to be married to that tree,” Kierney said.
      • As expected, Peg was indeed cast for death and was moved to the 'salt box' (the condemned cell) in the Press-yard to be near the New Drop.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA