washeryn.
/ˈwɒʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃəri/, /ˈwɑʃəri/ A place at which the washing of coal, ore, wool, etc. is carried on. Also, a laundry or wash-house.
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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
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > place where washing is done
lavendry1377
washing-house14..
bucking-stoke1483
laundry1577
wash-house1577
laundry-house1585
bucking-house1597
wash-yardc1625
lavatory1661
buck-house1738
woman-house1754
wash-kitchen1838
water-shed1859
washery1875
1875 A. Trollope Prime Minister (1876) I. xix. 305 We've got the steam-washery put up.
1895 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 6 May 7/6 A most disastrous fire broke out..at the Coke plant. The destruction of the washery and machinery was complete.
1898 Daily News 2 Dec. 2/2 Quantities of fish are caught, and sent to the gold washeries.
1907 Clapham Woollen & Worsted Ind. vi. 246 Some washing of both combing and carding wools is done in separate ‘washeries’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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