baghouse
|bag-house|
/ˈbæɡhaʊs/
enclosure using filter bags to collect dust
Etymology
'baghouse' originates from English, formed as a compound of the words 'bag' and 'house'; 'bag' ultimately comes from Old Norse 'baggi' meaning 'a pouch or sack', and 'house' comes from Old English 'hūs' meaning 'a dwelling or building'.
'bag' came into English via Old Norse 'baggi' and 'house' from Old English 'hūs'; the compound 'baghouse' arose in industrial English (around the late 19th to early 20th century) to denote equipment or a building using bags for filtration.
Initially the components suggest a literal 'house for bags', but the compound developed a technical sense meaning 'a device or enclosure that uses fabric bags to collect dust/particulates'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
an industrial dust-collection system that uses fabric filter bags to capture and remove particulate matter from air or gas streams; also the housing or enclosure containing those filter bags.
The plant installed a new baghouse to reduce particulate emissions.
Synonyms
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