workhouse


- Obs. a workshop (sense )
- Historical in England, a poorhouse in which able residents had to work
- a kind of prison, where petty offenders are confined and made to work
workhouse

noun
- A prison in which limited sentences are served at manual labor.
- Chiefly British A poorhouse.
workhouse

Noun
(plural workhouses)
workhouse - Legal Definition

n
A jail for criminals who
have committed minor offenses and who will not be serving lengthy terms.