oast

Meaning

Noun

• A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.

Origin

• From Middle English ost, from Old English āst ("a kiln"), from Proto-Germanic *aistaz ("kiln"), from *aisǭ, 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").