ablution block

noun

A simple structure with toilets, showers, and wash basins, for communal use, as at a camping ground, caravan park, etc.

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nounablution block (plural ablution blocks)

plural ablution blocks

  1. A simple structure with toilets, showers, and wash basins, for communal use, as at a camping ground, caravan park, etc.

    This involved the erection of hutments for sleeping quarters, canteen, ablution block, and so on, with temporary sidings for the tunnel train, all of which was contained in the sidings yard at Chapel-en-le-Frith Central station.

    1957 June 28, “Relining Dove Holes Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 423
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