bleachfield
nounUK /ˈbliːtʃfɪəld/
Etymology From bleach + field.
1
Historical A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
- Or I imagined the bleachfields stretching westwards from Bedlam, saw the white lengths of linen spread out on the green grass and the diminutive figures of weavers and washerwomen […]2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 183: