oaten

[oht-n]

adjective

of, relating to, or made of oats.

of or made of oatmeal.

made of an oat straw.

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

Historical Examples of oaten

Here is fish, and here an oaten cake which you wish to taste.
Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades
Florence Holbrook
Here we dined on broiled kid, butter, cream, and oaten bread.
A Daughter of Raasay
William MacLeod Raine
The only refreshment we could obtain was oaten bread, and weak spruce beer.
Northern Travel
Bayard Taylor
I gave the poor man a measure of oaten cakes, and left him to his misery.
The Prince of India, Volume II
Lew. Wallace
"With oaten pipe the rustic maids," quoth the Woffington, improvising.
Peg Woffington
Charles Reade

British Dictionary definitions for oaten

oaten

adjective

made of oats or oat straw

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