an enclosed place in which lumber is dried and seasoned by artificial heat
dry kiln in American English
noun
an oven for the controlled drying and seasoning of cut lumber
Word origin
[1905–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aspect ratio, cadre, revolving door, scrounge, stabilizer
Examples of 'dry kiln' in a sentence
dry kiln
For red oak, the modified dry kiln schedule did not affect the lumber value.
Jan Wiedenbeck, Matthew S. Scholl, Paul R. Blankenhorn, Charles D. Ray 2016, 'Lumber Volume and Value Recovery from Small-Diameter Black Cherry, Sugar Maple, andRed Oak Logs', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_12_1_853_Wiedenbeck_Lumber_Volume_Value_Recovery. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Value assessments included determining yields for both green and kiln-dried lumber subjected to different dry kiln schedules.
Jan Wiedenbeck, Matthew S. Scholl, Paul R. Blankenhorn, Charles D. Ray 2016, 'Lumber Volume and Value Recovery from Small-Diameter Black Cherry, Sugar Maple, andRed Oak Logs', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_12_1_853_Wiedenbeck_Lumber_Volume_Value_Recovery. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)