bleachfield

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UK/ˈbliːtʃfɪəld/

noun

A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.

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Meanings

nounbleachfield (plural bleachfields)

plural bleachfields

  1. historicalA 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

Origin

From bleach + field.

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APA

bleachfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleachfield

MLA

“bleachfield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleachfield. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bleachfield,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleachfield.

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