The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malt \Malt\, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.
Malt liquor, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt.
Malt dust, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in
making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. `` Malt dust
consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the
grain.''
--Sir H. Davy.
Malt floor, a floor for drying malt.
Malt house, or Malthouse, a house in which malt is made.
Malt kiln, a heated chamber for drying malt.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. A plant where malt is produced. n. A plant where malt is produced.
Wikipedia
A malthouse is a building used for the production of malt from cereal grain.
Malthouse is also a surname of English origin. People with the surname include:
- Christi Malthouse (born 1976), Australian television personality
- Kit Malthouse (born 1966), English politician and businessman, currently Deputy Mayor of London
- Mick Malthouse (born 1953), Australian rules football player and coach
- Samuel Malthouse (1857–1931), English cricketer
- William Malthouse (1890–1961), English cricketer
Usage examples of "malthouse".
Two nights later, at a ball in the old Malthouse, he complained so loudly and so bitterly of boredom that Mrs.
Mary had been processing her own malt in her malthouse at Strickland Falls, crushing and preparing the barley mash using the power from the water mill she had constructed.
The malthouses and their cowls, the wharves and the gaily painted sailing barges alongside, the fringe of slanting willows turning the silver-gray sides of their foliage towards the breeze, the island in the middle of the river with bigger willows, the large expanse of sky, the soft clouds distinct in form almost to the far distant horizon, and, looking eastwards, the illimitable distance towards the fens and the sea - all this made up a landscape, more suitable perhaps to some persons than rock or waterfall, although no picture had ever been painted of it, and nobody had ever come to see it.