workhouse

Noun

 * 1)  An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
 * 2)  A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
 * 3)  A place of manufacture; a factory.
 * 1)  A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
 * 2)  A place of manufacture; a factory.
 * 1)  A place of manufacture; a factory.

Translations

 * Finnish: työkoti, vaivaistalo
 * Latin: ergastulum
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To place (a person) in the workhouse institution for the poor.