† ˈworking-ˌhouse Obs.
[working vbl. n.]
= workhouse 1, 2.
| 1487 in Cal. Lett.-bk. L London (1912) 242 [That no time-expired apprentice..set up shop or] wirkyng hous [within the City]. 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, v. Chor. 23 In the quick Forge and working-house of Thought. 1711 Act 10 Anne c. 19. §55 Any such Goods, so made, printed, painted, or stained..in..their Ware-houses, Working-houses, or Places aforesaid. |
| 1597–8 Act 39 Eliz. c. 5 (title) An Acte for erecting of Hospitalls or abiding and working Howses for the Poore. 1639 Bury Wills (Camden) 178 The common workinghouse of Bury. |