Sentence:  When the ſalt is carried into the ſtore-houſe, it is put into <WSD>drabs</WSD>, which are partitions, like ſtalls for horſes, lined at three ſides, and the bottom with boards, and having a ſliding-board on the foreſide to draw up on occaſion. The bottoms are made ſhelving, being higheſt at the back, and gradually inclining forwards; by this means the brine, remaining among the ſalt, eaſily ſeparates and runs from it, and the ſalt in three or four days becomes ſufficiently dry; [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.