| 单词 | saltpetre house |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaltpetre house saltpetre house n. (a) a building in which saltpetre is made or stored; (b) = French la Salpétrière, a hospital for aged and infirm women at Paris; formerly a prison for women. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others coal pitOE wireworks1598 alum works1617 copperas-worka1661 saltpetre house1683 nailery1802 railworks1863 lockworks1864 sulphur-work1870 tack-mill1884 pitch-boilery1885 rubber plant1886 soot house1957 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for women spin-housec1660 saltpetre house1683 spinning-house1803 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 340 in Fleta Minor i The fore-part of the Salt-Petre House, wherein the Lee Tubs do stand. 1768 Ann. Reg. 1767 77 A woman..condemned..to be branded and confined to the saltpetre-house for nine years. < as lemmas |
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