The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dyehouse
Dyehouse \Dye"house`\, n. A building in which dyeing is carried on.
Wiktionary
dyehouse
n. A building where dyeing takes place.
Usage examples of "dyehouse".
Ideally, a dyehouse had both a well with a pump and a system of pipes and troughs, and a nearby river.
In Nuremberg during the middle of the sixteenth century, the city council ordered a dyehouse built, with estimated construction costs of three thousand guilders.
Dyes and mordants were generally used at near boiling temperatures, filling the dyehouse with steam and fumes.
Between the smell and the damage to nearby streams, dyehouses were not popular neighbors.