"salt horse" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-salt horse.ogg [Australia] Forms: salt horses [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} salt horse (countable and uncountable, plural salt horses)
  1. (uncountable, US, obsolete, sailor's slang) salt beef Tags: US, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-salt_horse-en-noun-WFejqEo0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. (countable, UK, naval) A naval officer or rating whose training and experience have qualified him as a seaman rather than in any specialised trade. Tags: UK, countable
    Sense id: en-salt_horse-en-noun-RenNY1pw Categories (other): British English Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war

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        "A naval officer or rating whose training and experience have qualified him as a seaman rather than in any specialised trade."
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