limekiln

[ lahym-kil, -kiln ]

/ ˈlaɪmˌkɪl, -ˌkɪln /

a kiln or furnace for making lime by calcining limestone or shells.

Origin of limekiln

First recorded in 1250–1300, limekiln is from the Middle English word limkilne. See lime¹, kiln

I ache as if I had been beaten to a jelly, and I am as thirsty as a—as a limekiln.

Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun |Harry Collingwood
Limekiln-lane, now Lime-street, was so called from the limekiln that stood on the site of the present Skelhorn-street.

Recollections of Old Liverpool |A Nonagenarian
I left her for dead, and if there had been a limekiln as nigh her as there is now nigh you, she shouldn't have come to life again.

Great Expectations |Charles Dickens
I am going to see Inchegora after breakfast; a very important mission, touching a limekiln in dispute there.

Luttrell Of Arran |Charles James Lever

I feel like a—a—boiled owl; my head is aching as though it would split, and my mouth is as dry as a limekiln.

The Adventures of Dick Maitland |Harry Collingwood

limekiln

/ (ˈlaɪmˌkɪln) /

a kiln in which calcium carbonate is calcined to produce quicklime