oast
IPA: ˈoʊst
noun
- (Britain) A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.
Examples of "oast" in Sentences
- The building became an oast house.
- The oast kilns remain to this day.
- The purpose of an oast is to dry hops.
- The earliest description of an oast dates from 1574.
- In the grounds of Great Dixter is an early oast house.
- It is a small theatre that is based in an old oast house.
- A chapel at Frindsbury is also known to have been converted to an oast.
- Caring has a number of modern farmhouses, in the style of an Oast house.
- An oast at Hawkhurst was built with two octagonal kilns, across the flats.
- Real photo postcard showing the result of the fire at Castle Farm oast, Hadlow.