bleachery
noun
a place or establishment where bleaching is carried on.
bleacheries
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pluralof bleachery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We have furnished paper mills, tanneries and bleacheries, and other exposed places with waterproof link belts, and all have been entirely satisfactory so far.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various
It is collected and compressed to a liquid form and shipped in containers under pressure for use in chemical works and bleacheries and for the purification of drinking water.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
There are numerous saw-mills, shipbuilding yards, engineering works, distilleries, sugar refineries, tobacco factories, linen bleacheries and stained glass, salt and white lead works.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
My father was a wholesale merchant in straw goods, and had extensive dye works and bleacheries where the straw, silk and cotton braids were colored.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
The spring water of the lake, they say, has the most wonderful bleaching powers of any in the world; all the great Haarlem bleacheries use it.
From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
