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Definition of saltbox
: a frame dwelling with two stories in front and one behind and a roof with a long rear slope
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One sports a gambrel roof, another a saltbox shape, a third the shape of a whimsical birdhouse.
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The background of Ohio's settlers affected very different aspect of their lives, from speaking to styles of housing - New England saltboxes v. saddlebag houses.
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The shingle-style house was built in 1753 with a saltbox design – long, pitched roof that slopes to the back – before its conversion to a full, two-story home in the 1790s, according to local historians.
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First Known Use of saltbox
1876
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: a house that has two or more levels in the front, one level in the back, and a steep roof that slopes down from the front to the back
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