Work'-house, n.
(wŭrk'-), n.; pl. WORK'-HOUŞ'EŞ. [A-S. weorchūs.]
Sense 1. A house where any manufacture is carried on.
Sense 2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
Sense 3. A house where the town poor are maintained at the public expense, and provided with labor; a poor-house.