dry kiln

noun

an oven for the controlled drying and seasoning of cut lumber.

Origin of dry kiln

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby dry kiln

dry gangrene, dry goods, dry hole, dry ice, dry joint, dry kiln, dry labor, dry lake, dry law, dry lightning, dry lot

Example sentences from the Web for dry kiln

  • The baker's watch had stopped, or he had gone to sleep, and they had been left in the oven or dry-kiln too long.

    Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) |John McElroy

  • The inter-relation between wood and water is as imperfectly known to dry-kiln operators as that between wood and heat.

    Seasoning of Wood |Joseph B. Wagner

British Dictionary definitions for dry kiln

dry kiln

noun

an oven in which cut timber is dried and seasoned