salt-pitn.

Forms: see salt n.¹ and pit n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: salt n.¹, pit n.¹

Etymology: < salt n.¹ + pit n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsalt-pit.

A pit where salt is obtained.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > [noun] > salt or brine

salt-wellc950

salt-pit1398

nitre pit1601

seathc1682

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvi. xciv [It] is somtyme idrawe oute of salte pittes and isode.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zeph. ii. 9 Moab shalbe as Sodome, and Ammon as Gomorra: euen drie thorne hedges, salt pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxviij^v The daye before he died, he released the customes which he had imposed vpon Saltpits.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes iii. i. 3 Out of those Salt-pits Baatu and Sartach haue great Reuenues.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Salt-pits, reservoirs on a coast, to contain sea-water for the purposes of making salt.

1889 Helps Study Bible xlii. 125 A ridge of salt-rock runs into that sea [i.e. the Dead Sea], and there are salt-pits, and a plain of salt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	salt-pit
释义	salt-pitn. Forms: see salt n.¹ and pit n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: salt n.¹, pit n.¹ Etymology: < salt n.¹ + pit n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsalt-pit. A pit where salt is obtained. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > [noun] > salt or brine salt-wellc950 salt-pit1398 nitre pit1601 seathc1682 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvi. xciv [It] is somtyme idrawe oute of salte pittes and isode. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zeph. ii. 9 Moab shalbe as Sodome, and Ammon as Gomorra: euen drie thorne hedges, salt pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxviij^v The daye before he died, he released the customes which he had imposed vpon Saltpits. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes iii. i. 3 Out of those Salt-pits Baatu and Sartach haue great Reuenues. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Salt-pits, reservoirs on a coast, to contain sea-water for the purposes of making salt. 1889 Helps Study Bible xlii. 125 A ridge of salt-rock runs into that sea [i.e. the Dead Sea], and there are salt-pits, and a plain of salt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1398
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