Blanchisseuse

Blanchisseuse (pronounced, in the local English dialect, "blan-chee-shears") is a village in Trinidad and Tobago.

When Captain Frederick Mallet was charting and surveying the island of Trinidad following its capitulation to the British in 1797, he was told that the village had no name.

Later, the settlers called the place after the washerwomen the surveyor had seen, blanchisseuse being the French for "washerwoman".

The difficult terrain meant there was little development or expansion, and no roads.

The settlement was a clearing with thick forests and mountains behind and the sea in front.