NOUST, n. Also noost, nust, nowst; noast (Cai. 1903 E.D.D.); and aphetic form oast (Cai.). The place in which a boat is hauled up, gen. a scooped-out trench at the edge of a beach, surrounded by a shallow wall of stones, a boat-stance in gen. (Ork. 1825 Jam.; Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 155, 1908 Jak. (1928); I.Sc., Cai. 1964); a landing-place for a boat among rocks (Ork. 1825 Jam.) or shingle, also in form nouster (Ib.); a shore or prop for a beached boat (Cai. 1934, oast). Also fig. For comb. boat-noost, see also Boat, n.2, I. 2. (6). [n(ɔ)ust; Cai. nost]