A house or building in which persons are employed in spinning. In reference to Continental usage: A house of correction or penitentiary for women.
| 单词 | θ173060 |
| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for women (3) spin-housec1660 A house or building in which persons are employed in spinning. In reference to Continental usage: A house of correction or penitentiary for women. saltpetre house1683 (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… spinning-house1803 (See quots. and cf. spin-house, n.) |
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