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ˈrasp-house
[ad. Du. rasphuis (G. raspelhaus), f. raspen rasp v.1]
A house of correction formerly in use in Holland, Germany, etc., where prisoners were employed in rasping wood.
1641Evelyn Diary 19 Aug., We went to see the Rasp-house, where the lusty knaves are compell'd to worke, and the rasping of Brasill and Logwood is very hard labour. 1670R. Haines Meth. Govt. (1679) 7 Another Officer was whipt and committed to the Rasp-house. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour, Netherlands I. 81 The Rasp-house, or house of correction, is..very well worth a traveller's notice. 1865Daily Tel. 28 Dec. 5/5 The judge..sent this rascal to the whipping-post, and that rogue to the rasp-house. |