Washshed
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A shed used for washing.
"They put the clothes and household linens into heavy iron pots over fires, either outdoors or in washsheds. After soaking the wash in boiling water with soap they had made, the women scrubbed the clothing or laid it out on a board […]"
Example
More examples"They put the clothes and household linens into heavy iron pots over fires, either outdoors or in washsheds. After soaking the wash in boiling water with soap they had made, the women scrubbed the clothing or laid it out on a board […]"
Etymology
From wash + shed.
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