Obs. Forms: 4–5 lavendrye, 5 -drey, 6 lavandrie. [ad. OF. lavan-, lavenderie, f. lavandier LAVENDER sb.1] a. = LAUNDRY 1; b. = LAUNDRY 2; c. = LAUNDRESS sb. 1.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XV. 182. Þanne wil he some tyme Labory in a lauendrye. Ibid. (1393), C. XVII. 330. And laueþ hem in þe lauandrie.
a. 1483. Liber Niger, in Househ. Ord. (1790), 85. Office of Lavendrey, two yeomen;… and if there be a Queene in housholde, then there be weomen lavendryes for the chambre, warderobe, &c.
1567. [see LAVENDER sb.1].
