saltbox

IPA: sˈɔɫtbɑks

A box for keeping salt in.
A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.
(US) A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England.
A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.
(UK, slang, historical) The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death.

Examples of "saltbox" in Sentences

We turn left and there it is: our saltbox on the water.
The saltbox is an easy way to use the shape of the building to provide natural light, heat, and protection.
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.
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.