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What (who) is old salt - definition

old salt

ALBUM BY VALIENT THORR

informal an experienced sailor.

Old salt

ALBUM BY VALIENT THORR

An "old salt" is an old sailor or mariner who tells oral history and sea stories. Sometimes deemed a sage within their domain, and while sometimes a raconteur, much of the history and traditions of mariners are passed from generation to generation as told and retold by old salts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_salt

Old Salt Route

MEDIEVAL TRADE ROUTE IN NORTHERN GERMANY

Alte Salzstraße; Alte Salzstrasse; Old Salt Road

The Old Salt Route was a medieval trade route in Northern Germany, one of the ancient network of salt roads which were used primarily for the transport of salt and other staples. In Germany it was referred to as Alte Salzstraße.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Salt_Route

Wikipedia

Old salt

An "old salt" is an old sailor or mariner who tells oral history and sea stories. Sometimes deemed a sage within their domain, and while sometimes a raconteur, much of the history and traditions of mariners are passed from generation to generation as told and retold by old salts. Their factual oral histories and fictional sea stories often intermingle and thus may overall be truthful, half-true, or fiction. Each narrative told by an old salt tends to have the aim of enhancing the reputation of the old salt, the old salt's companions, or the old salt's forbearers, although they may also tell instructive tales of tragedy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old salt

Examples of use of old salt

1. Patrick‘s Day, he made a retail stop at the Old Salt, a restaurant and pub in Hampton, N.H.

2. The stamps include landmarks, from St Paul‘s Cathedral to the 300 million–year–old Salt Cellar, a gritstone rock in the Peak District.

3. It was the body of Drake McMillan, a 46–year–old Salt Lake City man who disappeared while swimming August 31, 2001.

4. Within hours, the old salt and the free spirit were gone as the powerful Category 2 hurricane wracked the Texas Gulf Coast on Sept. 13, flattening houses, obliterating entire towns and claiming at least 33 lives.

5. It was the body of Drake McMillan, a 46–year–old Salt Lake City man who disappeared while swimming Aug. 31, 2001. We were very surprised and somewhat taken back when the first victim we found was not one of the Roundys,‘‘ said Utah Department of Public Safety Capt.