fleshhouse
/flɛʃ.haʊs/
fleshhouse noun: a place where meat is killed or sold; meat shop; butcher's shop.
Noun
fleshhouse (plural fleshhouses)
- A place where meat is killed or sold; meat shop; butcher's shop.
- To seek for things that are pure and good, instead of criticis and philosophies, that rise up out of thy contaminated fleshhouse.1915, Lauron William De Laurence, The Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism, Now..., page 80
- He probably did most of his selling in the market place; in the fifteenth century there was a special fleshhouse set aside for the fleshers to sell their wares.2019, Alexander Grant, Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship & Community, page 165
- Synonyms:
- shambles, slaughterhouse
Synonyms of fleshhouse
Forms of fleshhouse
| plural | fleshhouses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | flesh house |
| alternative form (obsolete) | fleshows |
Origin of fleshhouse
From Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs (“slaughterhouse, meat shop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flaiskihūs (“shambles”), equivalent to flesh + house.
Questions about fleshhouse
- What does fleshhouse mean?
- Fleshhouse means a place where meat is killed or sold; meat shop; butcher's shop.
- What part of speech is fleshhouse?
- Fleshhouse is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fleshhouse?
- Fleshhouse is pronounced /flɛʃ.haʊs/.
- What is the plural of fleshhouse?
- The plural of fleshhouse is fleshhouses.
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