Definition of Saltwork

1. a saltern [n -S] - See also: saltern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saltwork

saltpeters
saltpetre
saltpetres
saltpetrous
saltproof
salts
saltshaker
saltshakers
saltus
saltuses
saltweed
saltweeds
saltwork (current term)
saltworks
saltwort
saltwort family
saltworts
salty
salty waters
salubrinal
salubrious
salubriously
salubriousness
salubrities
salubrity
salue

Literary usage of Saltwork

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Glasgow Archaeological Society (1899)
"These last held more than one saltwork on the shore off Burgh by Sands, granted and confirmed by successive charters of the De ..."

2. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1890)
"And he also gave them a saltwork on the Gareloch, and a salmon fishing in the same estuary. Ib., 305. Havel, another brother of ..."

3. Arbroath and Its Abbey; Or, The Early History of the Town and Abbey of by David Miller (1860)
"King William bestowed on the Convent a saltwork in the Carse of Stirling, ... It is difficult to comprehend how a saltwork on the brackish waters of the ..."

4. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1861)
"... »aid Abbot and his successors for ever, all right in one virgate of land,1 half a saltwork, and the pasture of one hundred and fifty sheep in Faversham. ..."

5. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk by Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin (1810)
"... of a saltwork ; also of a freeman who was deprived, and held 10 acres, which they ploughed with ... and 2 carucates of meadow, a saltwork, valued at 2s. ..."

6. History of Arbroath to the Present Time: With Notices of the Civil and by George Hay (1899)
"The same gentleman afterwards, in 1814, asked the Council not to consent to the erection of a saltwork near his property, as he foresaw that it would be a ..."

7. Transactions by Glasgow Archaeological Society (1899)
"These last held more than one saltwork on the shore off Burgh by Sands, granted and confirmed by successive charters of the De ..."

8. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1890)
"And he also gave them a saltwork on the Gareloch, and a salmon fishing in the same estuary. Ib., 305. Havel, another brother of ..."

9. Arbroath and Its Abbey; Or, The Early History of the Town and Abbey of by David Miller (1860)
"King William bestowed on the Convent a saltwork in the Carse of Stirling, ... It is difficult to comprehend how a saltwork on the brackish waters of the ..."

10. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1861)
"... »aid Abbot and his successors for ever, all right in one virgate of land,1 half a saltwork, and the pasture of one hundred and fifty sheep in Faversham. ..."

11. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk by Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin (1810)
"... of a saltwork ; also of a freeman who was deprived, and held 10 acres, which they ploughed with ... and 2 carucates of meadow, a saltwork, valued at 2s. ..."

12. History of Arbroath to the Present Time: With Notices of the Civil and by George Hay (1899)
"The same gentleman afterwards, in 1814, asked the Council not to consent to the erection of a saltwork near his property, as he foresaw that it would be a ..."

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