bleacher
Meanings
noun
- One who, or that which, bleaches.
- A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.
- The tiered seating provided for the audience at a television filming.
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From Middle English blechere, equivalent to bleach + -er. Compare Dutch bleker, Swedish blekare. The seating was so named because the boards were bleached by the sun.
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