workstead noun3 •Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation.As we walked we saw white slags lying together; where perhaps had been the workstead of some ancient artificer. — 1888 •A place of employment; workplace.Today there is a trend back to the old workstead as technology can bring people within sight and sound of each other even though they are hundreds of miles apart. — 1999 •A laboratory. formsworksteads