limekiln

[ lahym-kil, -kiln ]

noun

1. a kiln or furnace for making lime by calcining limestone or shells.

limekiln

/ ˈlaɪmˌkɪln /

noun

1. a kiln in which calcium carbonate is calcined to produce quicklime

Word History and Origins

Origin of limekiln¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, limekiln is from the Middle English word limkilne. See lime ², kiln

Example Sentences

I knew very well, however, that the appointed place was the little sluice-house by the limekiln on the marshes, and the hour nine.

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I left her for dead, and if there had been a limekiln as nigh her as there is now nigh you, she shouldn't have come to life again.

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The gases from a large limekiln supply the dilute carbonic acid gas, which contains 25 per cent.

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Limekiln-lane, now Lime-street, was so called from the limekiln that stood on the site of the present Skelhorn-street.

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Master Whibble tells a tortuous story of finding it done up in a packet in a disused limekiln near the Downs.

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