noun
- plural of limekiln; furnaces or ovens used for burning limestone to produce lime
Usage: industrial; historical
Examples
- The old limekilns along the coast were abandoned decades ago.
- Workers fed limestone into the limekilns to produce quicklime for construction.
- The industrial heritage site features restored limekilns from the 19th century.
- Smoke billowed from the limekilns as they operated around the clock.
- The village’s economy once depended on the local limekilns.
- Archaeologists discovered the remains of ancient limekilns near the quarry.