lessiver

Updated: May 13, 2025

"Une lessiveuse?" For answer Jeanne pointed to a linen-bag which was steeping in the tub. The linen-bag contained the ashes of the beech-tree; it is a way of washing that they have in some parts of France, and very cleansing. To specialise thus is lessiver.

John Hartman Morgan - Leaves from a Field Note-Book