slaughterhouse

slaughterhouse
/slaw"teuhr hows'/, n., pl. slaughterhouses /-how'ziz/.
a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
[1325-75; ME slautherhus; see SLAUGHTER, HOUSE]

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