spinhuis

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈspɪn.ɦœy̯s/

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Definitions
  • (historical) A place of confinement where inmates, usually women, were forced to spin threads.
  • (historical) A room or building used for spinning threads, not belonging to a penal or mental institution.

Etymology

Compound from Dutch, Flemish spinnen (spin, make yarn, yarn) + Dutch, Flemish huis (house, home, encasing, huis, institution, house -, house-, domestic-, domestic, building, casing, construction).

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Dutch (Brabantic)

huis

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house, home, encasing, huis, institution, house -, house-, domestic-, domestic, building, casing, construction

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