Definition of "oast house" []

• A building containing oasts, used in conjunction with hop harvesting. (noun)

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• "It was characteristically Kentish: a brick and tile-hung farmhouse, an oast house with conical roof and white-painted cowl, a wooden barn and a range of open-fronted cart-sheds in which were parked the Range Rover Alice Randish had been driving earlier and a trim little silver-blue Rover Metro."