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saltbox ( saltbox house) ARCH, KONST Kolonial(holzrahmen)haus n (in Neuengland, USA, mit einseitig herabgezogenem Satteldach)English-German dictionary of Architecture and Construction > saltbox
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Город на юго-западе штата Массачусетс, на р. Коннектикут [ Connecticut River], пригород Спрингфилда [ Springfield]. 27,8 тыс. жителей (2000). Статус города [ town] с 1774. Среди достопримечательностей: старейший в США кирпичный дом типа "солонка с крышкой" [ saltbox] постройки 1754 (дом Дж. Дэя [Josiah Day House]) и деревня Сторроутаун [Storrowtown Village] - музей под открытым небом, где собраны образцы архитектуры Новой Англии [ New England] XVIII-XIX вв. В сентябре в городе проводится одна из крупнейших ярмарок на северо-востоке страны - "Большая выставка" ["Big E" = "Big Exhibition"]English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > West Springfield
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saltbox house — noun see saltbox … Useful english dictionary
saltbox — [sôlt′bäks΄] n. 1. a box for salt, with a sloping lid ☆ 2. a house, as in colonial New England, shaped somewhat like this, having two stories in front and one at the rear, and a gable roof with a much longer slope at the rear * * * salt·box… … Universalium
saltbox — receptacle for keeping salt for domestic use, 1610s, from SALT (Cf. salt) (n.) + BOX (Cf. box) (n.). As a type of frame house, 1876, so called from resemblance of shape … Etymology dictionary
saltbox — [sôlt′bäks΄] n. 1. a box for salt, with a sloping lid ☆ 2. a house, as in colonial New England, shaped somewhat like this, having two stories in front and one at the rear, and a gable roof with a much longer slope at the rear … English World dictionary
Saltbox — A saltbox is a wooden frame house with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back. A saltbox has just one storey in the back and two stories in the front. The flat front and central chimney are recognizable features, but the asymmetry of… … Wikipedia
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saltbox — noun a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind • Hypernyms: ↑house … Useful english dictionary
saltbox — noun a distinctively shaped wooden frame house with two storeys at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England … Wiktionary
saltbox — noun N. Amer. a frame house having up to three storeys at the front and one fewer at the back with a steeply pitched roof … English new terms dictionary
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