bleachfield

English

Etymology

From bleach +‎ field.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbliːtʃfɪəld/

Noun

bleachfield (plural bleachfields)

1. (now chiefly historical) A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
   • 2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 183:

     Or I imagined the bleachfields stretching westwards from Bedlam, saw the white lengths of linen spread out on the green grass and the diminutive figures of weavers and washerwomen […]