Factory /(?)/

Fac·to·ry

Factory

n.

pl. Factories ((-rĭz))

  1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers.
  2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory.
  3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory.

Phrases & Compounds
Factory leg
a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.