Definition of "bath-house" [bath-house]

• A house fitted up with conveniences for bathing, as bath-rooms, tubs, sometimes a tank or swimming-bath, etc. (noun)
• A small house, or a house divided into a number of small rooms, at a bathing-place, or place for open-air bathing, where bathers change their dress. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The tourist women, under the hau tree arbour that lines the Moana hotel beach, gasped when Lee Barton and his wife Ida emerged from the bath-house."
• "Natsuki noted that the bath-house system is wonderful for Japanese who miss the last subway train, while out drinking."
• "The bath-house was a huge temple-quiet establishment, of silent tatami mats and giant flashing troll masks on the walls."