Workhouse
Pronunciation : Work"house`
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [AS. weorch.]
Definition : 1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
pl. Workhouses.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913