powdering tub English

Meaning powdering tub meaning

What does powdering tub mean?

powdering tub noun

— (archaic) a tub in which the meat was powdered or salted; a salting tub, pickling tub or powdering trough.

— (obsolete) A heated tub for the treatment of venereal disease by sweating.

— (obsolete, slang) the pocky Hospital at Kingsland near London.