An open field or area used for bleaching textiles, especially linens, by exposing them to sunlight.
From bleach plus field; descriptive compound naming the geographic feature where bleaching historically took place in the open air.
Bleachfields were a landscape feature you'd see throughout industrial Europe—acres of white linen spread on grass to be whitened by sun and air, a seasonal sight that defined rural textile regions.
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