Washing machine - with an outer tub with an outer tub base, - with a laundry drum which is arranged in the outer tub, - with a journal which is connected to the laundry drum and which extends through an aperture of the outer tub base, - with a bearing housing for accommodating a bearing arrangement, in which the journal is rotatably mounted, - with a sealing arrangement (16, 17, 18) which seals the aperture in relation to the bearing arrangement, and - with a shielding (30; 31), which shields the sealing arrangement (16, 17, 18) for sealing the aperture in the outer tub, wherein the shielding (30; 31) is formed from at least one plastic part (33; 48) manufactured separately, which is connected to the outer tub and/or is connected to the bearing housing, characterised in that the outer tub and/or the bearing housing has a support web with at least one recess (38; 52) in which at least one matching component of the plastic part (33; 48) is received, the plastic part has an approximately T-shaped circumferential cross section, wherein a base limb of the T shape configured as a web extends into the support web of the outer tub in the region of the outer tub base which has a circumferential recess in the shape of an annular groove, in which the free end of the web embodied as a matching component is fitted, and lateral limbs (40, 41) of the T shape are oriented radially, and wherein the limb oriented radially outward, together with the web and the facing upper surface of the outer tub forms a circumferential U-shaped channel with the aperture facing radially outward, and the wash liquor, lye spray and particles situated therein can be collected in the channel and discharged around the bearing arrangement. - with an outer tub with an outer tub base, - with a laundry drum which is arranged in the outer tub, - with a journal which is connected to the laundry drum and which extends through an aperture of the outer tub base, - with a bearing housing for accommodating a bearing arrangement, in which the journal is rotatably mounted, - with a sealing arrangement (16, 17, 18) which seals the aperture in relation to the bearing arrangement, and - with a shielding (30; 31), which shields the sealing arrangement (16, 17, 18) for sealing the aperture in the outer tub, wherein the shielding (30; 31) is formed from at least one plastic part (33; 48) manufactured separately, which is connected to the outer tub and/or is connected to the bearing housing, the outer tub and/or the bearing housing has a support web with at least one recess (38; 52) in which at least one matching component of the plastic part (33; 48) is received, the plastic part has an approximately T-shaped circumferential cross section, wherein a base limb of the T shape configured as a web extends into the support web of the outer tub in the region of the outer tub base which has a circumferential recess in the shape of an annular groove, in which the free end of the web embodied as a matching component is fitted, and lateral limbs (40, 41) of the T shape are oriented radially, and wherein the limb oriented radially outward, together with the web and the facing upper surface of the outer tub forms a circumferential U-shaped channel with the aperture facing radially outward, and the wash liquor, lye spray and particles situated therein can be collected in the channel and discharged around the bearing arrangement.