English Explanatory Dictionary

salt horse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. salt beef
  2. A naval officer or rating whose training and experience have qualified him as a seaman rather than in any specialised trade.

Pronunciation

En-au-salt horse.ogg

Word forms

salt horse salt horses

Etymology

From the fact that horse meat was considered especially unappetizing and rarely eaten, but that the meat had been so heavily salted and dried that it could just be horse meat passed off as beef.

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