foundling hospital
noun
an institutional home for foundlings.
Origin of foundling hospital
First recorded in 1750–60
Words nearby foundling hospital
founderous,
founders' shares,
founding father,
founding fathers,
foundling,
foundling hospital,
foundress,
foundrous,
foundry,
foundry proof,
foundry sand
Example sentences from the Web for foundling hospital
Fifteen thousand pounds were allowed for improving London bridge; and forty thousand on account, for the Foundling-hospital.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. |Tobias Smollett