adjective
Etymology
Origin of oaten
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at oat, -en 2
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These are oaten cakes, sometimes containing seeds, fruits or nuts, as well as spices and were either round or triangular in shape.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023
There was black bread and honeycakes and oaten biscuits; there were turnips and pease and beets, beans and squash and huge red onions; there were baked apples and berry tarts and pears poached in strongwine.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Meanwhile, Stampa hurried past the stables, where his horses were munching the remains of the little oaten loaves which form the staple food of hard worked animals in the Alps.
From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy
What a melody of oaten reeds and Zamora pipes shall we have resounding in the air! what intermixture of tabors, morrice-bells, and fiddles!
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Or sound of pastoral reed with oaten stops.
From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton
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