n. (英)贫民习艺所, 济贫院, (美)感化院, 教养所

Workhouse \Work"house`\, n.; pl. {Workhouses}. [AS.
weorch[=u]s.]
1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.

2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to
labor.

3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public
expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.