launder.
A washerwoman or washerman.
Meaning & usage
A washerwoman or washerman.
A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
A gutter (for rainwater).
Where this word comes from
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”).
To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
To lave; to wet.
To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
To obtain a pointer to an object created in storage occupied by an existing object of the same type, even if it has const or reference members.
Where this word comes from
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“to wash”).
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