Definition of Oasthouses

1. Noun. (plural of oasthouse) ¹

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Definition of Oasthouses

1. oasthouse [n] - See also: oasthouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oasthouses

oarswoman
oarswomen
oarweed
oarweeds
oary
oases
oasification
oasis
oasislike
oasitic
oast
oast house
oast houses
oasthouse
oasthouse urine disease
oasthouses (current term)
oasts
oat
oat cell
oat cell cancer
oat cell carcinoma
oat milk
oatcake
oatcakes
oaten
oater
oaters

Literary usage of Oasthouses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1901)
"The buildings of hop kilns and oasthouses, although they can be accepted under the rates laid down for farm out-buildings, are usually charged the same ..."

2. Highways and Byways in Surrey by Eric Parker (1908)
"oasthouses begin here, near the Kent border. Surrey grows few hops ; only at Farnham and near Oxted, I think. In the west Hampshire encourages her, ..."

3. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1893)
"... one or more being attached to almost every farm, which are used for drying hops, called oasthouses. Built of brick and of circular construction, ..."

4. Miss Armstrong's and other circumstances by John Davidson (1896)
"... and a ruddy tinge of evening touched the trees and the distant smoke- wreaths of the oasthouses. The fire which the hop-picker's daughter had heaped up ..."

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