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slaughterhouse (n.)
[slaughterhouse 词源字典]
also
slaughter-house
, late 14c., "place where animals are butchered for market," from
slaughter
(n.) +
house
(n.). The
Slaughter-house cases
in U.S. history were 1873.
[slaughterhouse etymology, slaughterhouse origin, 英语词源]