Marsh overflowed or flooded by the sea; spec. one in which the sea water is collected for the manufacture of salt. (Cf. salting, n. 3.)
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释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > salt-marsh (12) salt marshc1000 Marsh overflowed or flooded by the sea; spec. one in which the sea water is collected for the manufacture of salt. (Cf. salting, n. 3.) salinec1450 = salina, n.1 salt1621 A salt marsh or salting. salina1697 A salt lake, pond, well, spring, or marsh; a salt-pan, salt-works. Also, a low, marshy area of land near the coast (originally Jamaican). salt-pan1785 (Usually plural) A shallow depression near the sea into which sea-water is allowed to flow, where it evaporates, leaving a deposit of salt; in… maremma1819 In Italy: low, marshy, unhealthy land near a seashore; an area of this. shott1878 A shallow brackish lake or marsh in Northern Africa, usually dry in the summer and covered with saline deposits. Cf. sabkha, n. pré salé1903 A salt meadow, spec. one on which sheep are reared (chiefly attributive in pré salé mutton). Hence: the flesh of sheep reared on a salt meadow. Subcategories:— where animals lick (4) |
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