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Definition of Old salt
1. Noun. A man who serves as a sailor.
Specialized synonyms: Able Seaman, Able-bodied Seaman, Bo's'n, Bo'sun, Boatswain, Bos'n, Bosun, Deckhand, Roustabout, Helmsman, Steerer, Steersman, Bargee, Bargeman, Lighterman, Officer, Ship's Officer, Pilot, Sea Lawyer, Whaler
Generic synonyms: Crewman, Sailor
Derivative terms: Seamanly, Seamanship
Definition of Old salt
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A seasoned sailor, especially one who is hardy and forthright in manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Salt
Literary usage of Old salt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"A CONTENTED old salt. It is the hospital that holds the most pathetic cases; the
sad endings of the invalids, paralytic or dying of sheer exhaustion, ..."
2. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"A CONTENTED old salt. It is the hospital that holds the most pathetic cases; the
sad endings of the invalids, paralytic or ..."
3. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both by Henry Howe (1891)
"... at what is frequently spoken of as the " old salt works," which were situated,
we are informed, in what is now the township of Wethersfield, ..."
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