Doing laundry (washing clothes) is a basic need in civilized societies and, in general, in all parts of the world. In primitive times - before running water, washing machines and detergents - you had to go wash clothes on the river bank or in a laundry room.

Clothes were washed by hand, with soap, and required scrubbing and sometimes hitting them against a hard surface. The objective was to make the soap and water mixture penetrate between the fibers of the fabric to remove all the dirt. Laundry slabs were natural stone slabs chosen to present a thin, relatively flat surface. Small rounded irregularities could help in the friction process when washing.[16]​[17]​.

Slab hunting is a system of hunting using a trap. The fundamental part of the trap is a slab and preparing that trap is called “stopping the slab”.[19]​[20]​[21]​.

From the term slab and its derivatives there are a large number of toponyms.[23]​[24]​.

Some refer to populations:

In other cases the toponyms are from geographical accidents:

Doing laundry (washing clothes) is a basic need in civilized societies and, in general, in all parts of the world. In primitive times - before running water, washing machines and detergents - you had to go wash clothes on the river bank or in a laundry room.

Clothes were washed by hand, with soap, and required scrubbing and sometimes hitting them against a hard surface. The objective was to make the soap and water mixture penetrate between the fibers of the fabric to remove all the dirt. Laundry slabs were natural stone slabs chosen to present a thin, relatively flat surface. Small rounded irregularities could help in the friction process when washing.[16]​[17]​.

Slab hunting is a system of hunting using a trap. The fundamental part of the trap is a slab and preparing that trap is called “stopping the slab”.[19]​[20]​[21]​.

From the term slab and its derivatives there are a large number of toponyms.[23]​[24]​.

Some refer to populations:

In other cases the toponyms are from geographical accidents: