noun
- a primitive hand mill for grinding grain, typically consisting of two circular stones
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- The archaeologists discovered an ancient quern used by early settlers.
- She ground wheat into flour using the old stone quern.
- The museum displayed a Celtic quern from the Iron Age.
- Farmers once relied on querns before modern mills were invented.
- The upper stone of the quern rotated against the lower one to crush grain.