spin-housen.

Forms: Also 1700s spinn-.

Etymology: < Dutch spinhuis (Middle Dutch spinhuys ), German spinnhaus. Compare spinning-house n.

Now Historical.

A house or building in which persons are employed in spinning.

a. In reference to Continental usage: A house of correction or penitentiary for women.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for women

spin-housec1660

saltpetre house1683

spinning-house1803

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 43 We stepp'd in to see the Spin-house of Amsterdam, which is a kind of Bridewell, where incorrigible and Lewd Women are kept in Discipline and Labour.

1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 306 For the Encouraging of Virtue and Suppressing of Debauchery in lewd Women, a Spin-House has been erected here.

1777 J. Howard State Prisons Eng. & Wales 121 The States do not transport criminals: but men are put to labour in the Rasp-houses, and women do proper work in the Spin-Houses.

b. A workhouse.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse

working-house1597

workhouse1631

house of industry1679

spin-house1702

parish house1709

poorhouse1727

poorshouse1732

house?1825

union workhouse1830

union house1835

pauper asylum1837

great house1838

union1839

big house1851

spiniken1859

spike1866

lump1874

1702 Common-council Bks. Newcastle 12 Oct. in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 328 Work-house, alias spinn-house.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	spin-house
释义	spin-housen. Forms: Also 1700s spinn-. Etymology: < Dutch spinhuis (Middle Dutch spinhuys ), German spinnhaus. Compare spinning-house n. Now Historical. A house or building in which persons are employed in spinning. a. In reference to Continental usage: A house of correction or penitentiary for women. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for women spin-housec1660 saltpetre house1683 spinning-house1803 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 43 We stepp'd in to see the Spin-house of Amsterdam, which is a kind of Bridewell, where incorrigible and Lewd Women are kept in Discipline and Labour. 1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. E.-Indies in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 306 For the Encouraging of Virtue and Suppressing of Debauchery in lewd Women, a Spin-House has been erected here. 1777 J. Howard State Prisons Eng. & Wales 121 The States do not transport criminals: but men are put to labour in the Rasp-houses, and women do proper work in the Spin-Houses. b. A workhouse. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse working-house1597 workhouse1631 house of industry1679 spin-house1702 parish house1709 poorhouse1727 poorshouse1732 house?1825 union workhouse1830 union house1835 pauper asylum1837 great house1838 union1839 big house1851 spiniken1859 spike1866 lump1874 1702 Common-council Bks. Newcastle 12 Oct. in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 328 Work-house, alias spinn-house. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1660
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