Oast

//əʊst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops. British
  2. 2
    a kiln for drying hops wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English ost, from Old English āst (“a kiln”), from Proto-Germanic *aistaz (“kiln”), from *aisǭ (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn; fire”). Cognate with Dutch eest (“kiln”), Middle Low German eiste (“kiln”), Latin aedes (“house; hearth”), Old English ād (“fire; funeral pyre”).

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