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الفرنسية - الإنجليزية
{n} saltbox
{i} box for storing salt; American architectural style with two stories in the front of the building and one in the rear (found mainly in New England)
a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind
Clapboard house of the original New England settlers having two stories in front, a single story in the rear, and a double-sloped roof that is longer over the rear section. It arose from the tradition of locating the kitchen in a lean-to behind the house; the roof was simply extended over the lean-to, creating the characteristic long-in-back silhouette
a distinctively shaped wooden frame house with two storeys at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England