# fleshhouse

> English word · Noun · IPA /flɛʃ.haʊs/

## Definitions
1. A place where meat is killed or sold; meat shop; butcher's shop.

## Etymology
From Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs (“slaughterhouse, meat shop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flaiskihūs (“shambles”), equivalent to flesh + house.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fleshhouse