Pork and beef came packed in casks of four pound pieces, pickled in brine, and known to the men as ‘salt horse’.
Salt beef, derisively labeled "salt horse" by the soldiers, was hardly fit for consumption. It was so heavily impregnated with salt that it had to be soaked overnight in a running stream. Even then, it was still often rusty from improper packing and gave off an incredible stench.
Definition of salt horse in US English:
salt horse
noun
nautical slang, archaic
Salted beef.
〈航海俚，古〉咸牛肉
Example sentencesExamples
Salt beef, derisively labeled "salt horse" by the soldiers, was hardly fit for consumption. It was so heavily impregnated with salt that it had to be soaked overnight in a running stream. Even then, it was still often rusty from improper packing and gave off an incredible stench.
Pork and beef came packed in casks of four pound pieces, pickled in brine, and known to the men as ‘salt horse’.