Bleachfield

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈbliːtʃfɪəld/

Origin

From bleach + field.

Full definition of bleachfield

Noun

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