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bleachfields

bleachfields is the plural of bleachfield.

Meaning of bleachfield

Noun

bleachfield (plural bleachfields)

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

Questions about bleachfields

What is bleachfields the plural of?
Bleachfields is the plural of bleachfield.

Words near bleachfields in the dictionary

  1. bleachers
  2. bleachery
  3. bleaches
  4. bleachest
  5. bleachfield
  6. bleachfields
  7. Bleachgate
  8. bleachhouse
  9. bleachhouses
  10. bleachier
  11. bleachiest

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