Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A field where cloth or yarn is bleached.
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Examples
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There is a bleach-field in it, and a manufactory of linen thread, neither of which we delayed to examine; for the day was wearing on, and, beautiful as the scenery was through which we had to pass, we were desirous of reaching our halting-place as soon as possible.
Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II 1842
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The watch-dog at the lord of the manor's bleach-field sits proudly in the sunshine outside of his kennel, and growls at every one that goes past.
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Loncarty is now the biggest bleach-field in Queen Victoria's dominions; no village or hamlet there, only the huge bleaching-house and a beautiful field, some six or seven miles northwest of Perth, bordered by the beautiful Tay river on the one side, and by its beautiful tributary Almond on the other; a
Early Kings of Norway Thomas Carlyle 1838
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