English Explanatory Dictionary

fleshhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place where meat is killed or sold; meat shop; butcher's shop.

Pronunciation

/flɛʃ.haʊs/

Word forms

fleshhouse fleshhouses flesh house fleshows

Etymology

From Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs (“slaughterhouse, meat shop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flaiskihūs (“shambles”), equivalent to flesh + house.

Synonyms

shambles slaughterhouse
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