Etymology
Origin of oast-house
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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She would, like her authoress, buy a Sussex oast-house, settle down to wait there until Mr. Fry came back to Sussex for keeps.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here there is always a deep coombe, or the top of a wood underneath, or a rising slope, or a distant ridge crowned with red-tiled farmstead, red-coned oast-house, and tall spruce firs.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard
Calling-off time depended on the state of the oast-house.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
It isn’t the same kind as we saw in old Dawson’s oast-house.
From Burr Junior by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)
As we drew up at the fatal corner, the others came out of the oast-house to see what was making the noise.
From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford
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