oaten

[oht-n]

adjective

of, relating to, or made of oats.

of or made of oatmeal.

made of an oat straw.

Nearby words

Origin of oaten

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at oat, -en²

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Examples from the Web for oaten

You will take it on board and have it fed with oaten bread, mixed with tallow grease.
The English at the North Pole|Jules Verne
"Of course you do," said Pan, and he reached for his oaten pipe.
The Crock of Gold|James Stephens
You have oaten cakes baked some months before; or bread with anise-seed and coriander in it, or perhaps a little pine bark.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Jokawn; an oaten stem cut off above the joint, with a tongue cut in it, which sounds a rude kind of music when blown by the mouth.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

At the end of the eighteenth century barley and oaten bread were much used there.
A Short History of English Agriculture|W. H. R. Curtler

British Dictionary definitions for oaten

oaten

adjective

made of oats or oat straw

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