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Definition of Oasthouses
1. oasthouse [n] - See also: oasthouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oasthouses
Literary usage of Oasthouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1901)
"The buildings of hop kilns and oasthouses, although they can be accepted under
the rates laid down for farm out-buildings, are usually charged the same ..."
2. Highways and Byways in Surrey by Eric Parker (1908)
"oasthouses begin here, near the Kent border. Surrey grows few hops ; only at
Farnham and near Oxted, I think. In the west Hampshire encourages her, ..."
3. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1893)
"... one or more being attached to almost every farm, which are used for drying
hops, called oasthouses. Built of brick and of circular construction, ..."
4. Miss Armstrong's and other circumstances by John Davidson (1896)
"... and a ruddy tinge of evening touched the trees and the distant smoke- wreaths
of the oasthouses. The fire which the hop-picker's daughter had heaped up ..."
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