Meaning
A mound of stacked wood covered with earth and set to smoulder slowly, turning the wood into charcoal — the traditional way of 'burning coal' (making charcoal) in the Jamaican bush. The coal-burner builds and tends the kiln for days, controlling the airflow so the wood chars rather than burns to ash, then bags the charcoal to sell. Charcoal-burning is hard, smoky, old-time work and a livelihood for many country people.
Examples
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Him a burn coal inna di coal kiln up a bush.
He's making charcoal in the coal kiln up in the bush.
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Di coal kiln smoke fi days.
The coal kiln smoulders for days.
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Dem bag di coal from di kiln fi sell.
They bag the charcoal from the kiln to sell.
Origin
From 'coal' (charcoal) + 'kiln'; an earth-covered mound for making charcoal. See [[coal-stove]], [[bush]].
How it’s used
An earth-covered wood mound for making charcoal ('burning coal'). See [[coal-stove]], [[country]].