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saltbox

[ US /ˈsɔɫtˌbɑks/ ]
NOUN
  1. a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind

How To Use saltbox In A Sentence

  • The couple lived in apartments for 30 years before taking the real estate plunge, buying a 1939 saltbox that they remade as their own.
  • The style that is called a saltbox has a low wall and roofline on the north side for protection from harsh weather and maintains a tall wall on the south for natural exposure to the sun’s warmth. BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE
  • They loved the charming exterior and intimate feel of the 1939 saltbox, but the interior layout of boxy little rooms was slightly claustrophobic.
  • Mingling the best of old and new, the renovated saltbox remains faithful to its humble origins while accommodating the personality of its residents.
  • The saltbox is an easy way to use the shape of the building to provide natural light, heat, and protection. BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE
  • We turn left and there it is: our saltbox on the water. The Last Highway
  • Their domicile was a very simple affair, a clapboard saltbox with a ‘parlor’ and kitchen on the left side and two bedrooms on the right, built ‘in the round’, with no hallway.
  • Johnny, wearing only dark jeans and an Ace bandage wrapped high around his rib cage, lay on his narrow bed in the attic bedroom of my saltbox farmhouse. Arcane Circle
  • Many also had a back kitchen or linhay serving as a pantry at the rear of the house, either with a flat roof or a roofline that extended down from the main roof in saltbox style. Gutenber-e Help Page
  • It was a saltbox style building with a second saltbox attached as an ell to the first giving the inn two identical facades when viewed from a corner.
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