workstead

noun

1. Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.

   As we walked we saw white slags lying together; where perhaps had been the workstead of some ancient artificer.

2. Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation. — A place of employment; workplace.

   Today there is a trend back to the old workstead as technology can bring people within sight and sound of each other even though they are hundreds of miles apart.

3. Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation. — A laboratory.

Where it comes from

From work + stead. Cognate with German Werkstatt (“workshop”), Swedish verkstad (“workshop”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry workstead (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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