saltern

A saltworks.

A salt-works; a building in which salt is made by boiling or evaporation; more especially, a plot of retentive land, laid out in pools and walks, where the sea-water is admitted to be evaporated by the heat of the sun’s rays.

A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.

An area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands.

A modern saltworks.