= laundry, n. 2.

= wash-house, n.

An apartment or establishment, where linen, etc. is washed and ‘got up’.

An outbuilding or apartment used for washing clothes.

? the yard attached to a wash-house. See also wash, v. compounds 2, compounds 3.

A place for washing clothes; a laundry. Obsolete.

a house for ‘bucking’ in.

(a) a house, room, etc., that serves as accommodation for women (esp. female servants) and children (cf. women-house n. at compounds 4c) (now histo…

a kitchen used for washing clothes.

A shed in which clothes are washed.

A place at which the washing of coal, ore, wool, etc. is carried on. Also, a laundry or wash-house.