dressing shedn.
/ˈdrɛsɪŋ ˌʃɛd/, U.S. /ˈdrɛsɪŋ ˌʃɛd/ 1. A shed or small building in which an object or material (such as slate, leather, etc.) is treated or prepared; spec. (a) a small building where an animal carcass is cut up or prepared for sale; (b) a small building where ore is prepared for smelting by the removal of the non-metallic portion.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific jobs are done > [noun] > others
cutting room1700
pearl fishery1702
refinery1716
gin house1796
dressing shed1802
ginning house1819
boring-mill1833
sorting office1851
gut-scrapery1854
conditioning house1858
packery1861
washery1875
try-house1891
wet room1901
pump-out1935
1802 Ipswich Jrnl. 24 July (advt.) Butcher's Shop..comprising a good slaughter-house, dressing shed and pound.
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 38 A dressing shed, where the work of unhairing the skins takes place.
1906 New Zealand Mines Rec. 16 Apr. 388/2 There is a splendid supply of water-power below the dressing-sheds near the mine running to waste.
1984 Financial Times 9 May 16/5 Conditions in the dressing sheds..were hazardous because of the problem of slate dust.
2011 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Sept. 33 Tally books lay abandoned on office shelves and the dressing sheds were stacked with uncut slates.
2. A small building or room at a swimming pool, sports ground, etc., set aside for people to change their clothes in; a changing room. Cf. dressing room n. 2a. Now chiefly Australian and New Zealand.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > room for keeping clothes or dressing
wardrobec1440
garderobe?c1450
vestiaryc1450
vestuaryc1490
vestry1574
guarda-roba1602
dressing room1659
robe chamber1665
tire-room1681
robes-roomc1689
apodyteriuma1695
robing room1712
attiring-room1756
toilet1790
toilet chamber1798
toilet room1800
changing room1841
dressing shed1845
change room1886
1845 Bradford Observer 24 July Two dressing sheds are erected, also elevations from which swimmers can plunge in.
1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. iii. 49 He consented to saunter into the dressing-shed, and was aided by Rake into tops..and the scarlet gold-broidered jacket.
1883 Launceston (Tasmania) Examiner 21 July 3/8 All that is required are proper dressing sheds and a platform for entering the water.
1917 Municipality (Madison, Wisconsin) Apr. 50/1 The pool is open to the sky but is surrounded on two sides by covered dressing sheds.
1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) v. 65 Wot you want's a pair o' trunks. Hire 'em at the dressing sheds.
1988 T. W. Shapcott Limestone & Lemon Wine 54 Remember that time I forced you into a fight in the dressing sheds? Just after the under sixteen semi-finals?
2016 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Feb. (Sport section) 105 We had to be separated in a heated moment in the Bulldogs' dressing-shed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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