1175-1225;Middle Englisherthen,Old Englisheorthen. See earth, -en2
Examples from the web for earthen
How about who ever let the aluminum plant build an above ground, open air, storage pool held in only by an earthen wall.
For some of the poorest people, they had proposed a building erected quickly and affordably out of earthen blocks.
Outside, a large earthen vat is stationed beneath old playground equipment.
Turn into an earthen pudding-dish, cover, and cook slowly three and one-half hours.
Each returns to his degree in the scale of good society, porcelain remains porcelain, and earthenearthen.
They may be baked in buttered earthen cups, when the bottom will have a glazed appearance.
Living here gives you the sense of being aboard an earthen lifeboat, uneasily floating on a sea of fire.
The best are encased in flaky puff pastry and baked on the walls of an earthen kiln instead of an oven.
Now they can feed their children more meat, pay their school fees, and replace the earthen floors of their huts with concrete.
The earthen tanks are used to hold channeled rainwater and aid its return to the groundwater system.
British Dictionary definitions for earthen
earthen
/ˈɜːθən/
adjective (prenominal)
1.
made of baked clay: an earthen pot
2.
made of earth
Word Origin and History for earthen
adj.
early 13c., "made of earth;" see earth + -en (2). Not attested in Old English (where eorðen meant "of or in the earth"). Cognate of Old High German irdin, Gothic airþeins. Meaning "made of clay" is attested from late 14c.