A building equipped with facilities for bathing.
Related Terms
| Term |
Note |
| BATHS |
A building containing a swimming pool and other structures and facilities associated with recreational swimming. In the case of such a complex containing baths for swimming, also index with SWIMMING POOL. |
| HYPOCAUST |
An under-floor heating system found in Roman buildings. Hot air from a furnace was directed along passages beneath the floor created by raising it on vertical pillars, or by cutting channels into a concrete sub-floor. |
| WASH HOUSE |
A building where clothes are washed. |
