bath-house

A form of bathhouse — A building with baths for communal use.

Meanings

nounbath-house (plural bath-houses)

plural bath-houses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bathhouse.

    The bath-houses are the property of the town, and are let to tenants: they contain lodgings, and are pretty much on a par.

    1868, “Sect. IV.—Prussia.—Northern Germany.—The Rhine. Route 36”, in A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland. […], Sixteenth edition, London: John Murray, page 246
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