bleacher

bleacher
bleacher 1540s, "one who bleaches," agent noun from BLEACH (Cf. bleach) (v.). The "bench for spectators at a sports field" sense (usually bleachers) is attested since 1889, Amer.Eng.; so named because the boards were bleached by the sun.

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