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saltern

[ sawl-tern ]

noun

  1. a saltworks.
  2. a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt.

saltern

/ ˈsɔːltən /

noun

  1. another word for saltworks
  2. a place where salt is obtained from pools of evaporated sea water

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Word History and Origins

Origin of saltern1

before 900; Old English sealtærn saltworks (not recorded in ME), equivalent to sealt salt 1 + ærn building, house

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Word History and Origins

Origin of saltern1

Old English saltærn, from salt + ærn house. Compare barn 1, ransack

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Example Sentences

The glow proceeded from the fires of the Imperial Saltern, erected at Ebensee.

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