出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2010/07/09 10:39 UTC 版)
workhouse (複数形 workhouses)
workhouse (三人称単数 現在形 workhouses, 現在分詞 workhousing, 過去形および過去分詞形 workhoused)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/28 00:36 UTC 版)
A workhouse was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment. The term was the usual word in England, Wales, and Ireland for the institution more commonly known in Scotland as a poorhouse. Its earliest known use dates from 1631, in an account by the mayor of Abingdon in which he reports that "wee haue erected wthn our borough a workehouse to sett poore people to worke". The workhouse was colloquially known as 'The Spike' as a reference to the spikes used by the inmates to pick oakum, also specifically the casual ward of a workhouse.